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provokingly

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pro·vok·ing  (pr-vkng)
adj.
Troubling the nerves or peace of mind, as by repeated vexations: a provoking delay at the airport.

pro·voking·ly adv.
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Adv.1.provokingly - in a provocative manner; "`Try it,' he said provocatively"
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provokingly
advprovozierend


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On the next day the weather still showed no sign of change, but kept provokingly and obstinately fair.
At first, no result at all crowned my efforts, though I 'divided my swift mind,' now hither, now thither, in a way that I felt sure would have made AEneas green with envy: but the dimly-seen oval remained as provokingly blank as ever--a mere Ellipse, as if in some mathematical diagram, without even the Foci that might be made to do duty as a nose and a mouth.
“No such thing,” said Elizabeth, looking provokingly knowing.
 
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