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English to English adverb
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in an apologetic and defensive manner |  | Example: `I felt it better you should know,' said Sir Cedric defensively
source: wordnet30
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in a defensive manner | | 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
source: wordnet30
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On the defensive. | | source: webster1913
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