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[ adverb ] in a protective manner
Synonyms Examples "he bent protectively over the woman" Used in print (Arthur Miller, "The Prophecy," in The Best...)Now she kept herself protectively ready to laugh again and sure_enough he pointed at her with his index_finger and said `` Toot '' ! once_more and roared_off into the fog , his foot evidently surprising him with the suddenness with which it pressed the accelerator , just as his hand did when he worked . |
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