Antagonistically
acting in opposition; opposing, especially mutually.
hostile; unfriendly.
Historical Examples
The county would discuss her antagonistically at a hundred tea-tables.
The Pastor’s Wife Elizabeth von Arnim
adjective
in active opposition
mutually opposed
adj.
1630s, from antagonist + -ic. Related: Antagonistical (1620s); antagonistically.
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