defensively

defensively is a 11-letter English word with 3 senses as adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: On the defensive. Face value is 21 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 21 · Words With Friends 23 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. adverb. On the defensive.
2. adverb. 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"

3. adverb. in an apologetic and defensive manner

   "`I felt it better you should know,' said Sir Cedric defensively"

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