Meaning of DEFENSIVELY

Pronunciation:			di'fensivlee
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[adv]  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" [adv]  in an apologetic and self-defensive manner; "`I felt it better you should know,' said Sir Cedric defensively"
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	Antonyms:		offensively
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
	Definition:		\De*fen"sive*ly\, adv. On the defensive.
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