truculently

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English truculent Middle English -ly English -ly English truculently From truculent + -ly.

1. With aggression; savagely.

   “"It's no use your staying here, because I'm not going to copper anybody," said the woman truculently. "My lodgers are respectable people; they keep themselves to themselves, and I keep myself to myself.[…]"”

   “After working hard for a couple of weeks he suddenly downed tools and truculently demanded thirty shillings.”