protectively

[pruh-tek-tiv-lee]

adverb

1. in a protective way; in a way that serves to protect or expresses a desire to protect.

Example Sentences

“What did Lateef do?” my mother asked, wrapping her arms around me protectively.

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I’m like, ‘What the hell?’” says Victor, protectively.

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We claimed a nearby empty table and assumed the “seated virgin” position: backs straight, knees and ankles locked together, hands folded protectively in our laps.

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Cocoa protectively jumps in front of us, but with one look from DD, she collapses with a squeal.

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Jack said as he bent over the girl protectively.

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