The Collaborative International Dictionary
Protectingly \Pro*tect"ing*ly\, adv. By way of protection; in a protective manner.
Wiktionary
adv. By way of protection; in a protective manner.
Usage examples of "protectingly".
Bullen slunk away when it was extended protectingly above him, but the warriors now gazing at it were evidently animated only by a respectful curiosity.
And he would turn to Miss Moorsom for approval, lowering protectingly his spatulous nose and looking up with feeling from under his absurd eyebrows, which grew thin, in the manner of canebrakes, out of his spongy skin.
If he were challenged tomorrow by one of the clawless and lost— He dropped his hand protectingly over the weapons at his belt.
He had eased himself back against the bolster, the fire lizard snuggled in the crook of his arm, his other hand protectingly cradling the open side.