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 | ||