hostilely
advUS /ˈhɑ.staɪl.li/
Etymology From hostile + -ly.
1
In a hostile manner.
- "But why," demanded the other lady hostilely, "why should the man want her here?"1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:
- He watched as she paced to the other side of the counter, visibly blanching at the sight of hen and rooster salt and pepper shakers, hostilely eyeing the toaster’s knitted pink cozy, recoiling from a strange little ball made entirely of rubber bands.2022, Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry, Penguin (2023), page 214: