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PROVOKINGLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does provokingly mean?
• PROVOKINGLY (adverb)
The adverb PROVOKINGLY has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: PROVOKINGLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a provocative manner
Synonyms:
provocatively; provokingly
Context example:
'Try it,' he said provocatively
Pertainym:
provoking (causing or tending to cause anger or resentment)
Context examples
Here Mr. Micawber provokingly left off; and began to peel the lemons that had been under my directions set before him, together with all the other appliances he used in making punch.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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