obstructively

1. 1.

   in an obstructive manner

   “he acted very obstructively when we tried to carry out our project”

   Synonymshinderingly

Questions about obstructively

What does obstructively mean?

obstructively means "in an obstructive manner".

How many syllables are in obstructively?

obstructively has 5 syllables and divides as ob-struc-ti-ve-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for obstructively?

Close synonyms include hinderingly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is obstructively a common word?

obstructively is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.