obstructively
adverb
disapprovinguk/əbˈstrʌk.tɪv.li/us/əbˈstrʌk.tɪv.li/in a way thattriestostopsomeone from doing something bycausingproblemsfor them:
Their attituide was often obstructivelycritical.
Theirlawyersbehavedobstructively during thewholeprocess.
See
obstructive
- Thepoliceofficerhad toapplysomeforceas the man wasbehavingobstructively.
- Thelargeamountsofdatado not obstructively impinge on hiswell-balancednarrative.
- She isactingobstructively because herfeelingsarehurt.
Unhelpful and Uncooperative
- awkward
- awkwardly
- awkwardness
- deterrent
- foot
- hang
- non-constructive
- obstructionism
- obstructionist
- obstructive
- obstructiveness
- stifling
- stiflingly
- stultifying
- stultifyingly
- unaccommodating
- uncongenial
- underyourfeetidiom
- unforthcoming
- unhelpful