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provocatively

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pro·voc·a·tive  (pr-vk-tv)
adj.
Tending to provoke or stimulate.
pro·voca·tive n.
pro·voca·tive·ly adv.
pro·voca·tive·ness n.
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Adv.1.provocatively - in a provocative manner; "`Try it,' he said provocatively"
provokingly
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As soon as the provocatively gay strains of Daniel Cooper (somewhat resembling those of a merry peasant dance) began to sound, all the doorways of the ballroom were suddenly filled by the domestic serfs- the men on one side and the women on the other- who with beaming faces had come to see their master making merry.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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