possessively
Americanadverb
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in a possessive manner; in a way that is controlling or overly jealous.
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Grammar. in the possessive form.
Example Sentences
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Most of the year, the valley feels like a refuge from another century that farmers possessively protect.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 16, 2023
When it works, though, it’s an idiosyncratic tribute to friendship at its most possessively intense.
From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2019
More dramatically, DH Lawrence tells us that Mrs Morel, the possessively loving mother of Sons and Lovers, had dreaded her baby “like a catastrophe” before he arrived.
From The Guardian • Feb. 24, 2018
These, along with the possessively prefixed names of Ofglen, Ofwarren, Ofcharles, and the rest, stumble the reader like rocks unexpectedly cast onto a well-worn path.
From The New Yorker • May 28, 2017
I gathered my sisters and brothers, who clustered possessively around Jenny.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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