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defensively
de·fen·sive D0091500 (dĭ-fĕn′sĭv)adj.1. Intended or appropriate for defending; protective.2. a. Intended to withstand or deter aggression or attack: a defensive weapons system; defensive behavior.b. Of or relating to the effort to prevent an opponent from gaining points in a game or athletic contest.c. Performed so as to avoid risk, danger, or legal liability: defensive driving; defensive medicine.3. Of or relating to defense.4. Psychology Constantly protecting oneself from criticism, exposure of one's shortcomings, or other real or perceived threats to the ego.n.1. A means of defense.2. An attitude or position of defense.Idiom: on the defensive Prepared to withstand or counter aggression or attack.
de·fen′sive·ly adv.de·fen′sive·ness n.Thesaurus| Adv. | 1. | defensively - in an apologetic and defensive manner; "`I felt it better you should know,' said Sir Cedric defensively" | | 2. | defensively - 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"offensively - in an aggressive manner; "`In this crisis, we must act offensively,' the President said"; "the admiral intends to act offensively in the Mediterranean" |
defensivelyadverb in self-defence, in defence, suspiciously, on the defensive `It's nothing to do with me,' he said defensively.TranslationsIdiomsSeedefensiveEncyclopediaSeeDefensivedefensively
Related to defensively: offensivelySynonyms for defensivelyadv in self-defenceSynonyms- in self-defence
- in defence
- suspiciously
- on the defensive
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