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

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

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Literature

Jack said as he bent over the girl protectively.

From Literature

Lali is an ordinary unreliable narrator in that he’s digging out things that happened some 60 years before; but there are also things he has protectively buried and isn’t ready to face.

From Los Angeles Times