Definition of provocatively in English:
provocatively
adverbprəˈvɒkətɪvliprəˈvɑkədɪvli
1In a way that causes anger or another strong reaction, especially deliberately.
she argued provocatively that business owners should put profit before passion
a column provocatively titled "Greed Is Bad"
Example sentencesExamples
- As artists we enjoy being provocatively inventive, suspicious of authority, and dismissive of the past.
- There is no need for the country to "over-react" or "act provocatively."
- Their lengthy essay was provocatively titled "The Death of Environmentalism."
- He seems, by turns, to be persuasively sophisticated and provocatively direct.
- Karon provocatively suggested that one cannot teach what one does not know.
- As leader of the provocatively named Self-Defense Party, he was deemed a demagogue by opponents.
- What makes the book perhaps provocatively interesting is the unspoken context.
- Provocatively, the review proposed a four percent increase this year.
- He accused the company of acting provocatively after his members were warned to stick to company regulations when they return to work tomorrow.
- It is the responsibility of civil society to defeat these elements, he provocatively declared.
- He provocatively argues that comprehensive economic sanctions can lead to a restructuring of the renegade regime's ideology.
- He provocatively asserts that material obstacles to a woman's literary production are far less significant than psychosexual ones.
- He has theorized biology more provocatively than anyone else in the last three decades.
- He warns industry about carbon emissions and adds, provocatively: "We should not just stand up for big business, but stand up to big business."
- In a section provocatively entitled 'Where Marx Got it Wrong', he suggests that the growing complexity of the socioeconomic system will lessen the power of capital over labour.
- 1.1 In a manner intended to arouse sexual desire or interest.
you don't need to dress provocatively to attract attention
they dance provocatively in skimpy clothes
Example sentencesExamples
- Erin may dress provocatively and have little education but she is highly intelligent and hard-working despite her outward appearance.
- The parenting website helped create the design to reflect the views of parents that children should not dress provocatively at such a young age.
- The ads feature models provocatively posed at a cemetery.
- Provocatively dressed women are stationed on street corners, and men who stop to flirt are arrested.
- A few months previously she had posed provocatively in silk pyjamas for a magazine article.
- She spins, then provocatively wiggles her hips.
- The club is a place where women dance and act provocatively specifically to arouse male sexual feelings in an intimate environment.
- The five lads were gyrating provocatively to a hi-energy back beat.
- Her head was leaning provocatively on her boyfriend's shoulder.
- The girls were all dancing provocatively.
Definition of provocatively in US English:
provocatively
adverbprəˈväkədivlēprəˈvɑkədɪvli
1In a way that causes anger or another strong reaction, especially deliberately.
she argued provocatively that business owners should put profit before passion
a column provocatively titled "Greed is bad.”
Example sentencesExamples
- Provocatively, the review proposed a four percent increase this year.
- What makes the book perhaps provocatively interesting is the unspoken context.
- It is the responsibility of civil society to defeat these elements, he provocatively declared.
- He seems, by turns, to be persuasively sophisticated and provocatively direct.
- He has theorized biology more provocatively than anyone else in the last three decades.
- In a section provocatively entitled 'Where Marx Got it Wrong', he suggests that the growing complexity of the socioeconomic system will lessen the power of capital over labour.
- He provocatively argues that comprehensive economic sanctions can lead to a restructuring of the renegade regime's ideology.
- Karon provocatively suggested that one cannot teach what one does not know.
- He provocatively asserts that material obstacles to a woman's literary production are far less significant than psychosexual ones.
- There is no need for the country to "over-react" or "act provocatively."
- As leader of the provocatively named Self-Defense Party, he was deemed a demagogue by opponents.
- Their lengthy essay was provocatively titled "The Death of Environmentalism."
- He warns industry about carbon emissions and adds, provocatively: "We should not just stand up for big business, but stand up to big business."
- He accused the company of acting provocatively after his members were warned to stick to company regulations when they return to work tomorrow.
- As artists we enjoy being provocatively inventive, suspicious of authority, and dismissive of the past.
- 1.1 In a manner intended to arouse sexual desire or interest.
you don't need to dress provocatively to attract attention
they dance provocatively in skimpy clothes
Example sentencesExamples
- A few months previously she had posed provocatively in silk pyjamas for a magazine article.
- The club is a place where women dance and act provocatively specifically to arouse male sexual feelings in an intimate environment.
- The girls were all dancing provocatively.
- The ads feature models provocatively posed at a cemetery.
- Erin may dress provocatively and have little education but she is highly intelligent and hard-working despite her outward appearance.
- She spins, then provocatively wiggles her hips.
- Provocatively dressed women are stationed on street corners, and men who stop to flirt are arrested.
- The five lads were gyrating provocatively to a hi-energy back beat.
- The parenting website helped create the design to reflect the views of parents that children should not dress provocatively at such a young age.
- Her head was leaning provocatively on her boyfriend's shoulder.