"Hostilely" is a word in ENGLISH
In a hostile manner.
And perhaps it was precisely because she knew nothing at all about chess that chess for her was not simply a parlor game or a pleasant pastime, but a mysterious art equal to all the recognized arts. She had never been in close contact with such people — there was no one to compare him with except those inspired eccentrics, musicians and poets whose image one knows as clearly and as vaguely as that of a Roman Emperor, an inquisitor or a comedy miser. Her memory contained a modest dimly lit gallery with a sequence of all the people who had in any way caught her fancy.
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A Frenchman, an Englishman and a New Yorker were captured by cannibals. The chief comes to them and says, "The bad news is that now we've caught you and we're going to kill you. We will put you in a pot, cook you, eat you and then we're going to use your skins to build a canoe. The good news is that you can choose how to die." The Frenchman says, "I take ze sword." The chief gives him a sword, the Frenchman says, "Vive la France!" and runs himself through. The Englishman says, "a pistol for me please." The chief gives him a pistol, the Englishman points it at his head and says, "God save the queen!" and blows his brains out. The New Yorker says, "Gimme a fork!" The chief is puzzled, but he shrugs and gives him a fork. The New Yorker takes the fork and starts jabbing himself all over--the stomach, the sides, the chest, everywhere. There is blood gushing out all over, it's horrible. The chief is appalled and asks, "My God, what are you doing?" And the New Yorker responds, "So much for your canoe you stupid cannibal!
In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; -- opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct; as, active laws; active hostilities; an …
Read the complete definitionHostile.
Read the complete definitionOne who is turned against another or others with a design to oppose or resist them; a member of an …
Read the complete definitionIn hostile opposition to; unfavorable; unpropitious; contrary to one's wishes; unfortunate; calamitous; afflictive; hurtful; as, adverse fates, adverse circumstances, things …
Read the complete definitionAn encounter either friendly or hostile.
Read the complete definitionTo face in defiance; to confront; as, to affront death; hence, to meet in hostile encounter.
Read the complete definitionTo commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a quarrel or controversy; to make an attack; -- …
Read the complete definitionThe first attack, or act of hostility; the first act of injury, or first act leading to a war or …
Read the complete definitionThe person who first attacks or makes an aggression; he who begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.
Read the complete definitionFriendly; mutually for-bearing; agreed or assented to by parties having conflicting Interests or a dispute; as opposed to hostile or …
Read the complete definitionHostile to priests or the priesthood.
Read the complete definitionTending to interrupt or destroy social intercourse; averse to society, or hostile to its existence; as, antisocial principles.
Read the complete definitionA cessation of arms for a short time, by convention; a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement; a truce.
Read the complete definitionA suspending or cessation of hostilities between belligerent nations or forces for a considerable time
Read the complete definitionTo attack morally, or with a view to produce changes in the feelings, character, conduct, existing usages, institutions; to attack …
Read the complete definitionTo attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man …
Read the complete definitionIn a belligerent manner; hostilely.
Read the complete definitionTo go on board of, or enter, as a ship, whether in a hostile or a friendly way.
Read the complete definitionThe act of entering a ship, whether with a hostile or a friendly purpose.
Read the complete definitionA guerrilla; a marauding assassin; one who pretends to be a peaceful citizen, but secretly harasses a hostile force or …
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