Word Meanings - DEFENSIVELY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

On the defensive.

Related words: (words related to DEFENSIVELY)

• DEFENSIVELY
  On the defensive.
• DEFENSIVE
  1. Serving to defend or protect; proper for defense; opposed to offensive; as, defensive armor. A moat defensive to a house. Shak. 2. Carried on by resisting attack or aggression; -- opposed to offensive; as, defensive war. 3. In a state or posture
• INDEFENSIVE
  Defenseless. The sword awes the indefensive villager. Sir T. Herbert.
• SELF-DEFENSIVE
  Defending, or tending to defend, one's own person, property, or reputation.