hostilely

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US /ˈhɑstɪlli/ UK /ˈhɒstaɪlli/ See IPA manual

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Meanings

1

adv
in an unfriendly or antagonistic manner

He stared hostilely at the strangers entering the camp.

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Synonyms

1 adv · in an unfriendly or... aggressivelyantagonisticallybelligerentlyunfriendlilymenacinglycombatively

Opposites

amicably cordially warmly peaceably

Word family

Related forms hostile hostility host

Etymology

From hostile + -ly; hostile comes via French from Latin hostilis ('of an enemy'), from hostis ('enemy, stranger').

hostilis Latin hostis Latin

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# hostilely

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** ˈhɑstɪlli
**IPA (UK):** ˈhɒstaɪlli

## Meanings
1. in an unfriendly or antagonistic manner

## Examples
- He stared hostilely at the strangers entering the camp.

## Synonyms
- aggressively
- antagonistically
- belligerently
- unfriendlily
- menacingly
- combatively

## Antonyms
- amicably
- cordially
- warmly
- peaceably

## Related Forms
- hostile
- hostility
- host

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: hostilis
- Root: hostis

## Etymology
From hostile + -ly; hostile comes via French from Latin hostilis ('of an enemy'), from hostis ('enemy, stranger').

## AI Etymology
hostilely comes from hostile + -ly; hostile comes via French from Latin hostilis ('of an enemy'), from hostis ('enemy, stranger'). Morphologically, the ending is part of the etymology: the suffix is attached to the older base named in the history, producing a later English derivative. In present English, the adverb sense is "in an unfriendly or antagonistic manner", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as hostile, hostility, and host. Its semantic neighborhood includes aggressively, antagonistically, belligerently, and unfriendlily, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Latin hostilis and Latin hostis.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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