We found 17 dictionaries that define the word protectively:

General (14 matching dictionaries)

1. protectively: Merriam-Webster
2. protectively: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
3. protectively: Collins English Dictionary
4. protectively: Vocabulary.com
5. protectively: Wordnik
6. protectively: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
7. protectively: Wiktionary
8. protectively: Dictionary.com
9. protectively: Rhymezone
10. protectively: FreeDictionary.org
11. protectively: Mnemonic Dictionary
12. protectively: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)

13. protectively: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

14. protectively: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

15. protectively: Medical dictionary

(Note: See protect as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (protectively) ▸ adverb:  In a protective manner. Similar: giving protection, offering protection, protectingly, protectedly, unprotectively, protensively, guardfully, overprotectively, neuroprotectively, defensively, more... Opposite: unprotected, vulnerably, exposed Phrases: held gently and protectively, cover protectively, carry protectively, hold gently and protectively, closing in protectively, more... ▸ Words similar to protectively ▸ Usage examples for protectively ▸ Idioms related to protectively ▸ Wikipedia articles (New!) ▸ Words that often appear near protectively ▸ Rhymes of protectively ▸ Invented words related to protectively