Similar words: protective, overprotective, protective tariff, protection, protecting, protectionism, objectively, defectively. Meaning: [prə'tektɪvlɪ] 
adv. in a protective manner.
adv. in a protective manner. 
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31. That, clearly, is why Smith felt the need protectively to say that "the fact that it was a gay novel did not figure at all in the discussions".
32. The skin reacts by protectively encapsulating the alien clumps of pigment in dense fibrous tissue while a few nearby lymph nodes collect what migrates out.
33. Here is a shot of the Obamas entering a Cinco de Mayo reception, his arm draped protectively around her back.
34. A student teacher then threw herself protectively in front of a student.
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