"defensively" meaning in All languages combined

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  "etymology_text": "From defensive + -ly.",
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      "form": "more defensively",
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  "pos": "adv",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "nondefensively"
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        {
          "ref": "1993, Black Belt, volume 31, number 1, page 48:",
          "text": "This is a particularly disruptive tactic if the opponent also prefers an offensive style and has difficulty fighting defensively or counteroffensively.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 September 10, Phil McNulty, “'England horribly fallible in defence' against Kosovo in Euro 2020 qualifying”, in BBC Sport:",
          "text": "England, defensively, were not good enough - nowhere near the standard that would be acceptable at the highest international level.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, Sophie Kinsella, Love Your Life, Random House:",
          "text": "It's fine. I think I could be ... semitarian, maybe? Half vegetarian? It's a thing,' he adds, a little defensively",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "In a defensive manner."
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          "defensive",
          "defensive"
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          "word": "defencively"
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        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "in a defensive manner",
          "word": "defensivament"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "in a defensive manner",
          "word": "puolustavasti"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "in a defensive manner",
          "word": "puolustuksellisesti"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "in a defensive manner",
          "word": "défensivement"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "amyntiká",
          "sense": "in a defensive manner",
          "word": "αμυντικά"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "in a defensive manner",
          "word": "difensivamente"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "in a defensive manner",
          "word": "defensivamente"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "in a defensive manner",
          "word": "defensivamente"
        }
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      "ipa": "/dɪˈfɛnsɪvli/",
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        "UK"
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  "word": "defensively"
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    {
      "word": "nondefensively"
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      "expansion": "defensive + -ly",
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  "etymology_text": "From defensive + -ly.",
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    {
      "form": "more defensively",
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        "comparative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "most defensively",
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        "superlative"
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  "pos": "adv",
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          "ref": "1993, Black Belt, volume 31, number 1, page 48:",
          "text": "This is a particularly disruptive tactic if the opponent also prefers an offensive style and has difficulty fighting defensively or counteroffensively.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2019 September 10, Phil McNulty, “'England horribly fallible in defence' against Kosovo in Euro 2020 qualifying”, in BBC Sport:",
          "text": "England, defensively, were not good enough - nowhere near the standard that would be acceptable at the highest international level.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, Sophie Kinsella, Love Your Life, Random House:",
          "text": "It's fine. I think I could be ... semitarian, maybe? Half vegetarian? It's a thing,' he adds, a little defensively",
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        }
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        "In a defensive manner."
      ],
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          "defensive"
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    {
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      "word": "defencively"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "in a defensive manner",
      "word": "defensivament"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in a defensive manner",
      "word": "puolustavasti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in a defensive manner",
      "word": "puolustuksellisesti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in a defensive manner",
      "word": "défensivement"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "amyntiká",
      "sense": "in a defensive manner",
      "word": "αμυντικά"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in a defensive manner",
      "word": "difensivamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in a defensive manner",
      "word": "defensivamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in a defensive manner",
      "word": "defensivamente"
    }
  ],
  "word": "defensively"
}