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Definition of 'defensively' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adverb) defensively
in an apologetic and defensive manner
"`I felt it better you should know,' said Sir Cedric defensively"

2. (adverb) 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"


Definition of 'defensively' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adverb) defensively
on the defensive



'defensively' - Nearby Entries  

defensible  defensive  defensive attitude  defensive measure  defensive structure  defensively  defensiveness  



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