Truculently(adjective)

According to the web, truculently means having the eagerness or quickness to fight or argue and being agressively defiant. This word could be found in the story “Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston. For example, ” She saw that Sykes had kicked all of the clothes again, and now stood in her way truculently, his whole manner hoping, praying, for an argument.” When i first came across this word, I knew it had to describe how Sykes was feeling towards Delia as if he was going to do something to her. Also, with him being quick to react or aggressive because he was the more superior one in thier relationship.