1 (abusively) [+behave, shout] de manera ofensiva; de modo ofensivo offensively rude/sexist de un grosero/sexista que ofende
an offensively sexist advertisement he is offensively rude when he talks to his secretary the advertisement is offensively sexist his behaviour was offensively rude his offensively rude manner an offensively anti-German article A crowd gathered and started shouting offensively
2 (unpleasantly) to smell offensively tener un olor muy desagradable
ashtrays overflowing with offensively smelling cigarette ash
the music had become offensively loud la música estaba ya tan alta que molestaba
3 (Mil) to use/deploy sth offensively usar/hacer uso de algo para atacar; offensively, they are superior to us desde el punto de vista ofensivo, son superiores a nosotros
4 (Dep) they played offensively in the first half en la primera mitad realizaron un juego de ataque; to be good/poor offensively ser bueno/malo en el ataque
a team that usually plays offensively
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