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English adverb: defensively | |||
| 1. | defensively in an apologetic and defensive manner | ||
| Samples | `I felt it better you should know,' said Sir Cedric defensively. | ||
| 2. | defensively in a defensive manner | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Antonyms | offensively | ||
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