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overprotectively

overprotectively adverb: in an overprotective way.

Adverb

overprotectively (comparative more overprotectively, superlative most overprotectively)

  1. In an overprotective way.
    • Shafak sketches these Armenians flatly and superficially, as uniformly and fiercely anti-Turk — and as overprotectively fretful about beautiful and bookish Armanoush.2007 January 21, Lorraine Adams, “Armenian in Istanbul”, in New York Times

Forms of overprotectively

comparativemore overprotectively
superlativemost overprotectively

Origin of overprotectively

From overprotective + -ly.

Questions about overprotectively

What does overprotectively mean?
Overprotectively means in an overprotective way.
What part of speech is overprotectively?
Overprotectively is an adverb.

Words near overprotectively in the dictionary

  1. overprotected
  2. overprotecting
  3. overprotection
  4. overprotections
  5. overprotective
  6. overprotectively
  7. overprotectiveness
  8. overprotectivism
  9. overprotectivity
  10. overprotector
  11. overprotectors

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