provokingly
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Alas, Terry also admires Nadia, Célestin’s beautiful and provokingly reticent wife, a singer with a Haitian band.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 21, 2016
She is known to want naval parity with Britain and the U. S. but her want thus far has been made known by Tokyo statesmen in statements provokingly unofficial.
From Time Magazine Archive
Most startling, provokingly cryptic was Lord d'Abernon's conclusion: "The situation could be remedied within a month by joint action of the principal gold-using countries through the taking of necessary steps by the central banks."
From Time Magazine Archive
It is also spectacular, beautiful in patches and coldly, provokingly weird in others, sometimes both at once.
From Time Magazine Archive
The orange rolled away and the wind provokingly caught the paper and fluttered it.
From Mavis of Green Hill by Baldwin, Faith
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