defensively
How many syllables in defensively?
There are 4 syllables in the word defensively.How to pronounce defensively:
Synonyms for defensively:
protective
self-protective
Antonyms for defensively:
offensively
unprotectively
unwarily
unwatchfully
Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- schwann's white substance
- exhaustible
- illegibly
- skulduggery
- relentlessly
- fragmentary
- demolishing
- addictiveness
- oology
- undignified
- surprisingly
- undulating
- tremendously
- tempestuous
- importantly
- concupiscence
- organism
- magnificent
- constituent
- proprietor
- exterminate
- presentable
- inelegant
- unwillingly
- revolution
- obsequious
- optimism
- unforgiving
- maniacal
- declaration
- demonstrable
- spontaneously
- retrievable
- arduously
- lightheartedness
- annually
- systematize
- prerequisite
- predetermine
- principally
- permissible
- pterodactyl
- inefficient
- deceitfulness
- repudiate
- industrious
- libreria
- spuriously
- panorama
- tribadism
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