hostilement
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Sentences with the word hostilement
Mais supposons qu'il veuille agir hostilement dans deux mois, que ferons-nous si, d'ici à ce temps, il parle en allié et en bon voisin ?Sébastien-Roch-Nicolas Chamfort (1741-1794)
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Dictionnaire universel de Furetière (1690)
Historical definition of HOSTILEMENT adv.
A la maniere des ennemis. Cet Envoyé avoit de bons passeports : cependant on l'a traitté hostilement, on l'a detroussé. Ce mot vient du Latin hostiliter, du primitif hostis, qui signifie ennemi, & qui signifioit autrefois un estranger.
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