Definition of Provocatively

1. Adverb. In a provocative manner. "`Try it,' he said provocatively"

Exact synonyms: Provokingly
Partainyms: Provocative, Provoking

Definition of Provocatively

1. Adverb. In a stimulative manner. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Provocatively

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Provocatively

provisors
provisorship
provisorships
provisory
provisos
provisour
provitamin
provitamin A
provitamins
provocate
provocateur
provocateurs
provocation
provocations
provocative
provocatively (current term)
provocativeness
provocatives
provocatory
provok't
provokable
provoke
provoked
provokement
provokements
provoker
provokers
provokes
provoketh
provoking

Literary usage of Provocatively

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lords of the Housetops: Thirteen Cat Tales by Carl Van Vechten (1921)
"... has held the responsible position under Government of Ingenieur des Fonts et Chaussees—yet being also of a provocatively fresh ..."

2. Lords of the Housetops: Thirteen Cat Tales by Carl Van Vechten (1921)
"... the responsible position under Government of Ingenieur des Ponts et Chaussees—yet being also of a provocatively fresh plumpness, and a Marseillaise, ..."

3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1921)
"Trails leading from these attractive booths, half hidden but provocatively displayed, disclosed various treasure stores for the explorer—here a table piled ..."

4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1876)
"What has been said is said tentatively, and so to speak provocatively, not to offer the solution of a great problem, but at any rate to set others upon ..."

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