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provocatively

[ US /pɹoʊˈvɑkətɪvɫi/ ]
[ UK /pɹəvˈɒkətˌɪvli/ ]
ADVERB
  1. in a provocative manner
    `Try it,' he said provocatively

How To Use provocatively In A Sentence

  • Provocatively mingy tax cuts seem to have caused black affront on a scale to surprise even the Nats.
  • That, at least, is the bizarre suggestion from a group of lawyers calling for new sexual harassment laws to include women who eat 'too provocatively' in public.
  • `Try it,' he said provocatively
  • The honest lyrics, however unsettling they may sometimes be, are provocatively and insightfully moving.
  • When he came in to find her, she was standing on her head in a sexy leotard, legs provocatively parted.
  • Themes of kids at play and sinister, forbidding landscapes remain, processed through a computer and enhanced by found sounds and distorted, provocatively repetitive tone patterns.
  • A person can dress provocatively and, moreover, this can be inappropriate.
  • He's shocked to find her dressed provocatively and in a saucy mood.
  • She spots Bruno staring at her, and gives him a ‘come-on’ look while provocatively tonguing her ice cream cone.
  • Already, you can see around town Italianised Chinese teenagers, the girls particularly conspicuous in their chic, often provocatively cut outfits and heavy makeup.
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