How to pronounce defensively
Listen to defensively in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
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“defensively” in real sentences
119 clips in the index · 11 American · 7 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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have to react defensively to?
The Diary Of A CEO · hear it here
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going to be tough defensively.
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
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defensively so we're on the
City Xtra · hear it here
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And that’s both offensively and defensively.
State Department · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of defensively. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.