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proˈvokingly, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
1. In a way that incites, instigates, or tempts.
1615G. Sandys Trav. 78 The women did sit, when admitted..: for them to lie along, [was] esteemed too prouokingly lasciuious. 1731A. Hill Adv. Poets Epist. 12 What they daily heard, and saw, so provokingly praised. 1887J. Ashby-Sterry Lazy Minstrel (1892) 221 When rosy lips, like Cupid's bow, Assault provokingly invite.
2. In an irritating manner; so as to cause irritation; exasperatingly; to a provoking degree.
1786F. Burney Diary 28 Nov., He smiled a little provokingly, and said, ‘We agree’. 1881Geikie in Macm. Mag. XLIV. 238 Your progress becomes provokingly slow and laborious. |