provocatively
/pɹoʊvˈɑkətɪvli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.40 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a provocative manner.
Example Sentences
- "The two tables Peter approved of highly when they arrived next day and when Rita said provocatively to Peter's vanity, "Don't tell me you'll really be able to repeat that pattern as finely," Peter replied boastfully, "I'll do as good a job as the original, if not better.""
- "Scottie, a precocious 10-year old,^([sic]) wears provocatively sloganed T-shirts and harasses her peers by text message."
Etymology
Etymology tree English provocative Middle English -ly English -ly English provocatively From provocative + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more provocatively (comparative)
most provocatively (superlative)