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1. offensivelyadverb

   in an unpleasantly offensive manner

   "he smelled offensively unwashed"

   Antonyms:
   inoffensively, defensively

   Synonyms:
   objectionably, obnoxiously

2. offensively, objectionably, obnoxiouslyadverb

   in an obnoxious manner

   "he said so in one of his more offensively intellectually arrogant sentences"

   Antonyms:
   defensively, inoffensively

   Synonyms:
   objectionably, obnoxiously

3. offensivelyadverb

   in an aggressive manner

   "`In this crisis, we must act offensively,' the President said"; "the admiral intends to act offensively in the Mediterranean"

   Antonyms:
   inoffensively, defensively

   Synonyms:
   objectionably, obnoxiously

How to use offensively in a sentence?

1. Alvin Gentry:

   I just think we have to do a better job all together, i thought we were very stagnant offensively, and we were better defensively doing what we practice every day.

2. Sergei Bobrovsky:

   They have good offense and a good team, we have a good team, we have to forget this one and keep competing. We did some great things offensively. We have to put this behind us and move on.

3. Ryan Tannehill:

   It's a sick feeling, it has to get cleaned up. You turn the ball over as many times as we did, you're going to put yourself in a tough position. The defense kept us in the game by the way they played; had huge stops after those turnovers, holding them to field goals. But offensively, we have to play cleaner football.

4. Minnesota Twins:

   We have a group of young players here in Minnesota, a nucleus of young guys that were really coming into their own in a lot of ways, i think some of those guys were ready to take the next step in their career offensively, and a couple of those guys were doing that at the same time. We also complemented them with some quality, veteran players.

5. The Nets new star man:

   He draws a lot of attention, any way you slice it, he makes us a better team offensively for sure, and he is incredible at reading the game with the ball in his hands. It's a luxury to have, and we'll get him into real shape and he'll be even better.

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