Antonyms of adv offensively

2 of 3 senses of offensively

Sense 1
offensively -- (in an unpleasantly offensive manner; "he smelled offensively unwashed")
       Antonym of inoffensively (Sense 1)
      => inoffensively -- (in a not unpleasantly offensive manner; "that wretched beast, the elephant, breathing inoffensively not a pace behind me")

Sense 3
offensively -- (in an aggressive manner; "`In this crisis, we must act offensively,' the President said"; "the admiral intends to act offensively in the Mediterranean")
       Antonym of defensively (Sense 2)
      => defensively -- (in a defensive manner; "the general conviction that our side is in the right and acting defensively over what Russians call the German question and Americans the Berlin crisis")

Synonyms of adv offensively

3 senses of offensively

Sense 1
offensively -- (in an unpleasantly offensive manner; "he smelled offensively unwashed")

Sense 2
offensively, objectionably, obnoxiously -- (in an obnoxious manner; "he said so in one of his more offensively intellectually arrogant sentences")

Sense 3
offensively -- (in an aggressive manner; "`In this crisis, we must act offensively,' the President said"; "the admiral intends to act offensively in the Mediterranean")