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Definition of Provocatively
1. Adverb. In a provocative manner. "`Try it,' he said provocatively"
Definition of Provocatively
1. Adverb. In a stimulative manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Provocatively
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Provocatively
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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