Aggressive \Ag*gres"sive\, a. [Cf. F. agressif.] Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person, nation. -- {Ag*gres"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Ag*gres"sive*ness}, n. No aggressive movement was made. --Macaulay.
aggressively adv : in an aggressive manner; "she was being sharply questioned" [syn: {sharply}]