[
US
/pɹoʊˈvɑkətɪvɫi/
]
[ UK /pɹəvˈɒkətˌɪvli/ ]
[ UK /pɹəvˈɒkətˌɪvli/ ]
ADVERB
-
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.