provocatively
adverb /prəˈvɒkətɪvli/
/prəˈvɑːkətɪvli/
- in a way that is intended to make people angry or upset; in a way that is intended to make people argue about something
- ‘Popular culture’, he remarked provocatively, ‘means nothing to me.’
- in a way that is intended to make somebody sexually excited
- The girls were all dancing provocatively.