 defensively |
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| 1. | [ adverb ] in an apologetic and self-defensive manner | |
| Examples: | "`I felt it better you should know,' said Sir Cedric defensively" |
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| Related terms: | defensive defensive | |
| 2. | [ adverb ] in a defensive manner | |
| Examples: | "the general conviction that our side is in the right and acting defensively over what Russians call the German question and Americans the Berlin crisis" |
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| Related terms: | offensively defensive defensive | |
| Similar spelling: |
defensive defensiveness defensible devonshire defense_lawyer defenseless defencelessly defenceless defense_team deepness deafness |
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