Synonyms for defensively
de·fen·sive·ly

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1. defensivelyadverb

   in an apologetic and defensive manner

   "`I felt it better you should know,' said Sir Cedric defensively"

   Antonyms:
   offensively

2. defensivelyadverb

   in a defensive manner

   "the general conviction that our side is in the right and acting defensively over what Russians call the German question and Americans the Berlin crisis"

   Antonyms:
   offensively

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1. Gregg Popovich:

   We would be in bad shape defensively it it weren’t for Jakob Poeltl, that’s not an overstatement. That’s not an exaggeration. I’m not trying to pump him up or anything. It’s a fact.

2. Rob Dauster:

   The way that Jay Wright wants to play is really similar to that of NBA teams, they switch into mismatches defensively, they don’t run a ton of set plays and, instead, their offense is very much built on ball-screens and creating/attacking closeouts. Moore, as you might expect, is really good at these things. Smart player, good decision-maker, high-level shooter off the catch and off the bounce.

3. Brook Lopez:

   We did a great job defensively of being physical with them, we had all five guys in and we were rotating out, we had each other's backs.

4. Jessica Pegula:

   Caroline has had an amazing career ... and I'm glad that I got to play her before she retired, but I am just happy to get the win and am excited to be in the final, i definitely knew that if I played defensively, I wasn't going to win that battle, because she is the best in the world at that, so I knew I had to step in, take my chances and trust my game.

5. Jeremiah Robinson-Earl:

   They're a really good team. I don't think their record does them justice, they play really hard. ... They were a really tough team defensively.