In an agonistic manner; with a focus on struggle, competition, or conflict; in a way relating to agonist action.
The adverbial form of 'agonistic,' created by adding the standard adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective.
When scholars describe ancient Greek philosophy as proceeding 'agonistically,' they mean it was characterized by public debate and intellectual combat—ideas literally fighting it out in the agora.
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