protectively
1. [ adverb ] in a protective manner
Synonyms: offering_protection giving_protection
Examples:

"he bent protectively over the woman"

Related terms: caring caring
Similar spelling:   protective
  productively
  protectiveness
  protective_fold
  protection
  protecting
  productive
  predictive
  protestingly
  protectorate
  protector
  protected
  protectorship
  protectionist
  protectionism
  predicatively
  productiveness
  protestation
  Proteaceae
  protactinium