- in an aggressive, militant, or menacing manner: The orders were to root out the entrenched rebels, swiftly and aggressively.
- in a highly competitive manner; with an aggressive effort to win: The series was aggressively played by both teams.
- in a vigorously or forcefully enterprising manner; ambitiously: an aggressively marketed line of cosmetics.
- in a pushy or boldly assertive manner: They continue to lobby aggressively for a safer workplace.
- Medicine/Medical.
- (of a disease’s or tumor’s viability) in a rapid and vigorous, highly invasive manner: The cancer has aggressively branched out to his lower intestine.
- in a highly potent, therapeutic, but risky manner, intended to destroy malignancy: Can the treatment aggressively target the tumor without harming healthy tissue?
- (of a plant’s growth habit) with an undesirable tendency to spread rapidly, especially where unwanted: Wild lotuses have aggressively flourished in both ponds, much to the dismay of local canoeists.
