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protectively

American

[pruh-tek-tiv-lee] / prəˈtɛk tɪv li /

adverb

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

Example Sentences

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

From Literature

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

The prince's private secretary speaks protectively of him: "Too loyal for his own good sometimes."

From BBC

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