In a hawkish manner; aggressively, militantly, or with hawk-like characteristics.
From 'hawkish' + '-ly' (adverb-forming suffix). Created in the 20th century when 'hawkish' became common in political discourse, allowing for adverbial modification of political positions.
The creation of 'hawkishly' as an adverb allowed Cold War era politicians to describe policy approaches with poetic animal metaphors—you could speak 'hawkishly' about deterrence or 'dovishly' about negotiation, making abstract policy concrete and memorable.
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