Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

defencively

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-fen-cive-ly
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Alternative form of defensively.

Archaic

Usage

Inflected Forms

more defencively (comparative) most defencively (superlative)

Questions

What does defencively mean?
Alternative form of defensively.

How to pronounce defencively

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