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unprotectively

unprotectively adverb: in an unprotective manner.

Adverb

unprotectively (comparative more unprotectively, superlative most unprotectively)

  1. In an unprotective manner.
    • As much as he was committed to analytical intelligence, Irving was equally committed to good writing. He worked hard to get sentences right. His own work he edited unprotectively […]2013, Todd Gitlin, The Intellectuals and the Flag
    • For the technical rehearsal, Beckett reduced the size of Willie's handkerchief, ridiculously dainty when it perched unprotectively on Willie's bald head.2014, Ruby Cohn, Just Play: Beckett's Theater, page 255

Forms of unprotectively

comparativemore unprotectively
superlativemost unprotectively

Origin of unprotectively

From unprotective + -ly.

Questions about unprotectively

What does unprotectively mean?
Unprotectively means in an unprotective manner.
What part of speech is unprotectively?
Unprotectively is an adverb.

Words near unprotectively in the dictionary

  1. unprotectedness
  2. unprotectible
  3. unprotecting
  4. unprotection
  5. unprotective
  6. unprotectively
  7. unprotector
  8. unprotectors
  9. unprotects
  10. unproteolyzed
  11. unprotestant

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