| Pronunciation: | | di'fensivlee
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- [adv] 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"
- [adv] in an apologetic and self-defensive manner; "`I felt it better you should know,' said Sir Cedric defensively"
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DEFENSIVELY is a 11 letter word that starts with D. |
| | Antonyms: | | offensively |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \De*fen"sive*ly\, adv.
On the defensive.
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