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In an angry, forceful, or threatening way.
He drove aggressively, cutting off other cars.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-der. Latin gradior Latin aggredior Latin aggressuslbor. English aggress Proto-Indo-European *-wósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English aggressive Proto-Indo-European *leyg- Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English aggressively From aggressive + -ly.