- Types Of Speech
- You can use defensively as a adverb in a sentence.
- About Defensively
- A 4 syllables adverb and 11 letters with the letters d, e, f, i, l, n, s, v, and y, 7 consonants, 4 vowels and 4 syllables with the middle letter s. Defensively starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters d, de, def, defe, defen, and the ending characters are y, ly, ely, vely, ively, ..
- Definition
- 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"
- Pig Latin
- Defensively in Pig Latin is said as "efensivelyday or efensivelydway".
- Unigram
- d | e | f | e | n | s | i | v | e | l | y
- Bigram
- de | ef | fe | en | ns | si | iv | ve | el | ly
- Trigram
- def | efe | fen | ens | nsi | siv | ive | vel | ely
- Quadrigram
- defe | efen | fens | ensi | nsiv | sive | ivel | vely
- Word Gram
- Adverb Examples
- 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" - in an apologetic and self-defensive manner;
"`I felt it better you should know,' said Sir Cedric defensively"
Antonym | Definition |
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Offensively | in an aggressive manner "`In this crisis, we must act offensively,'' the President said" "the admiral intends to act offensively in the Mediterranean" |
Anagram | Definition |
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Defensively | 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" |
View English words with the unique letters used in defensively. Words With The Letters Defilnsvy
Word | Definition |
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Defensive | an attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase `on the defensive'') |
Defensively Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With D
- Ends With Y