Definition of Manipulatively

1. Adverb. In an artfully manipulative manner.

Partainyms: Manipulative

Definition of Manipulatively

1. Adverb. In a manipulative manner. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Manipulatively

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Manipulatively

manipulably
manipulandum
manipular
manipulars
manipulatable
manipulate
manipulated
manipulated variable
manipulatee
manipulates
manipulating
manipulation
manipulations
manipulative
manipulative electronic deception
manipulatively (current term)
manipulatives
manipulator
manipulators
manipulatory
maniraptor
maniraptoran
maniraptorans
manis
manism
manist
manita
manitas
manito
manitoba

Literary usage of Manipulatively

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

1. Environmental Theology by Richard Cartwright Austin (1990)
"... the holiness of nature arose not from its vitality but from its election by God, and the human capacity to act morally, rather than manipulatively, ..."

2. All the Children of All the People: A Study of the Attempt to Educate Everybody by William Hawley Smith (1912)
"Learning how to do — A Place for an Economic Waste Basket — Manipulation and Books — Boys who are Book-dull but manipulatively Strong Otherwise — New ..."

3. Ill-Equipped: U.S. Prisons and Offenders with Mental Illness by Sasha Abramsky (2003)
"35^ Security staff, who lack mental health training, are often quick to assume that prisoners are acting volitionally or manipulatively when they act out. ..."

4. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1883)
"This I cannot believe could occur except in the hands of one so manipulatively ignorant that any instrument would have its terror. ..."

5. Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal (1847)
"... as the painter of landscapes or portraits, and the designer requires for his purpose abilities both mentally and manipulatively superior to the other. ..."

6. Negotiation: Methodology and Training by L. J. Nieuwmeijer (1992)
"... with greater power act more manipulatively towards those with less power (there is disparity about this statement in the literature that was studied); ..."

7. The Reliquary (1877)
"This, however, we can say, that we have seen nothing that is not artistically, intrinsically, and manipulatively good, emanate from their factory, ..."

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