unprotectively

comparative more unprotectively · superlative most unprotectively

1. In an unprotective manner.

   For the technical rehearsal, Beckett reduced the size of Willie's handkerchief, ridiculously dainty when it perched unprotectively on Willie's bald head.

   2014, Ruby Cohn, Just Play: Beckett's Theater, page 255

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   As much as he was committed to analytical intelligence, Irving was equally committed to good writing. He worked hard to get sentences right. His own work he edited unprotectively […]

   2013, Todd Gitlin, The Intellectuals and the Flag