| defensively | (adv) อย่างป้องกันได้, See also: อย่างต้านทานได้ |
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| defensively | (adv) in an apologetic and defensive manner, Example: `I felt it better you should know, ' said Sir Cedric defensively |
| defensively | (adv) in a defensive manner, Ant. offensively, Example: 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 |
| Defensively | adv. On the defensive. [ 1913 Webster ] |