protectively

Examples

• All

• The child crossed the room and the woman scooped her up in her arms protectively.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Hadassah leaned down over her mother protectively, afraid she would lose her too.

  Fiction book (1998)

• The guy wraps his arm protectively around the girl and walks her off.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Lirrel let go of both of them and drew her arms protectively across her chest.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Her husband, Henry, my mother's youngest brother, stayed protectively at her side, though that didn't cut much ice.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Only her posture, the way her body folded protectively over her purse, seemed out of place.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Eneas held her protectively in his arms and whispered soothing words to her.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Anh Hai divides his attention between the traffic and my father, protectively monitoring him through the rearview mirror.

  Academic text (2011)

• I took her arm protectively when we walked back to our seats.

• Hadassah leaned down over her mother protectively, afraid she would lose her too.

Antonyms

R

recklessly

30 4.6

In a way that shows no care about danger or the results

I

indifferently

4 4.0

Showing no interest or care

How Protective

protectively

5 3.0

defensively

38 3.6

indifferently

4 4.0

nonchalantly

9 7.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology