Both Uses
belligerent
in
The Broken Gun
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- He looked belligerent, but scared too.†
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- Maybe we'll see," Jimbo said belligerently.†
belligerently = with an attitude of one eager to fight
Definitions:
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(1)
(belligerent) hostile (the attitude of one eager to fight); or one already engaged in a fight or war
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)