defensively
/dɪfˈɛnsɪvli/adverb4 syllables
Defensively means: in an apologetic and defensive manner.
Opposites of defensively
offensively
What does defensively mean?2
adverb
1
in an apologetic and defensive manner“‘I felt it better you should know,’ said Sir Cedric defensively”
2
in a defensive manner“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”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with defensively?3
four syllables
extensivelyoffensively
five syllables
comprehensively
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Defensively in a sentence
- Stingrays only use their stingers defensively, so injuries to humans are rare.Auride
- Buddhists are not so anti-science as some Christians defensively are.nonong
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