possessively
- r in a possessive manner
he was sleeping, one arm flung possessively across his wife
- Instantly, Rosalynn Carter's hand reached out, possessively supporting his back, and her steely eyes glared out at the watching guests like those of a guardian lioness.
- She is married to a wealthy financier, and possessively loves her young and only son.
- More important it would keep the other dictators out of the Mediterranean which the Italians like possessively to call Mare Nostrum.