protectorly

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adjective

Like a protector;

Scrabble 18

Meanings

adjectiveprotectorly (comparative more protectorly, superlative most protectorly)

comparative more protectorly · superlative most protectorly

  1. Like a protector;

    You can't be all protectorly and shit when it comes to what I do.

    2019, Susan Stoker, Badge of Honor
    2 more examples

    He took such Protectorly courses, He seem'd Horse and Mule, But 'tis easier to rule Three Kingdoms, than six Horses.

    1662, Henry Brome, Rump: Or An Exact Collection of the Choycest Poems and Songs Relating to the Late Times, page 365

    Then he got the dangerous end lined up with the binders, tugged his other wrist as far away as humanly (well, as Protectorly) as possible, took a deep breath, and pressed the trigger.

    2008, Julie Kenner, Jade Lee, Marianne Mancusi, These Boots Were Made for Stomping, →ISBN, page 87

    Synonyms: protectory, protective

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveLike a protector;

Origin

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APA

protectorly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/protectorly

MLA

“protectorly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/protectorly. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “protectorly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/protectorly.

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