"defensive" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

defensive adjetivo

defensive + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 222
defensive end • defensive coordinator • defensive player • defensive position • defensive line • defensive lineman • defensive back • ...
verbo + defensive
Kolokacji: 5
play defensive • sound defensive • feel defensive • become defensive • grow defensive
adverbio + defensive
Kolokacji: 13
purely defensive • somewhat defensive • strictly defensive • slightly defensive • essentially defensive • ...
(1) purely, strictly
Kolokacji: 2
(2) somewhat, slightly, overly
Kolokacji: 3
1. slightly defensive = trochę obronny slightly defensive
  • "To cut and run," he said, sounding slightly defensive.
  • Right now, though, he has taken a slightly defensive posture, with a duration of slightly more than four years in his portfolio.
  • Is it my imagination or does he look slightly defensive?
  • "Well, my physique isn't what it was in the old pictures," Veronica says, slightly defensive.
  • However, a slightly defensive position is not only acceptable when riding over solid obstacles, but in most cases ideal.
  • "David is intentionally less visible than Christie," he says, seeming slightly defensive.
  • Janeway took on a slightly defensive posture, as if she were uneasy about whatever topic he might raise next.
  • We have also given him a more attacking role, as opposed to a slightly defensive one earlier.
  • I've simply got to solve the mystery, if it has a solution,' he added, with a slightly defensive air.
  • The world has changed since Feather wrote those slightly defensive words.
(4) fiercely, extremely
Kolokacji: 2
defensive + preposición
Kolokacji: 3
defensive about • defensive in • defensive of

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