militarily

From military +‎ -ly.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪl.ɪ.t(ə.)ɹə.li/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌmɪl.ɪˈtɛɹ.ə.li/

militarily (comparative more militarily, superlative most militarily)

1. In a military or martial manner; not peaceably.
2. By way of military or otherwise belligerent means.

   The borders of the empire were expanded militarily over the course of many wars of conquest.

   • 1985, John S. Saul, chapter I, in John S. Saul, editor, A Difficult Road: The Transition to Socialism in Mozambique, New York: Monthly Review Press, →ISBN, section 1, page 46:

     At the very moment when their petty-bourgeois counterparts were coming to power elsewhere in Africa, these Mozambicans found the Portuguese turning their backs on neocolonialism and digging in their heels militarily against any such denouement to their rule.

   • 2007 Ranjit Matthews, Re: Senator calls for Mecca and Medina to be nuked in retaliation Group: soc.culture.indian

     If it were, it would lose because you can't defeat a religion militarily. You can. Jahaliya was cleansed out of Arabia. More recently, Sufism was eliminated in the Hejaz. Kafirism was wiped out in Kafiristan (Nuristan).

• militarically (rare)