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Definition: Provocatively |
ProvocativelyAdverb1. In a provocative manner; "`Try it,' he said provocatively". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "provocatively" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1869. (references) |
Synonym: ProvocativelySynonym: provokingly (adv). (additional references) |
| "Provocatively" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Provocatively" is used about 75 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 75 | 38,535 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "provocatively": provocatively-titled. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "provocatively"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
French | provocateur. (various references) | ||||||||||
German | provokatorisch (provocative, provoking). (various references) | ||||||||||
Hungarian | provokatívan. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | ovocativelypray соблазнительно. (various references) | ||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Provocatively" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: provacatively. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "provocatively" (pronounced prōvÄ"kutivlē) |
| 6 | -u t i v l ē | affirmatively, alternatively, comparatively, competitively, consecutively, conservatively, cooperatively, cumulatively, definitively, figuratively, imaginatively, intuitively, negatively, positively, prohibitively, relatively, sensitively, tentatively. |
| 5 | -t i v l ē | accumulatively, actively, administratively, affectively, appreciatively, assertively, attentively, attractively, authoritatively, collectively, constructively, creatively, deceptively, distinctively, effectively, exhaustively, furtively, instinctively, legislatively, objectively, preemptively, productively, prospectively, protectively, qualitatively, respectively, retroactively, retrospectively, seductively, selectively, substantively. |
| 4 | -i v l ē | aggressively, cohesively, comprehensively, compulsively, conclusively, decisively, defensively, derisively, effusively, excessively, exclusively, expensively, explosively, extensively, impassively, impressively, impulsively, inconclusively, inexpensively, intensively, massively, obsessively, offensively, passively, persuasively, progressively, reflexively, successively. |
| 3 | -v l ē | bravely, gravely, lively, lovely, naively, plaintively, quantitatively. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-l-o-o-p-r-t-v-v-y" | |
-2 letters: provocative. | |
-3 letters: vocatively. | |
-4 letters: coevality, coprolite, precoital, privately, proactive, vectorial. | |
-5 letters: actively, apyretic, calotype, calypter, capriole, covertly, cryolite, epicotyl, erotical, evocator, leprotic, lipocyte, literacy, livetrap, locative, loricate, operatic, ovariole, overcoat, overplay, overplot, overtoil, particle, pectoral, petiolar, petrolic, poetical, polarity, prelatic, trivalve, troopial, tropical, velocity, veracity, vertical, violater, violator, vocality, vocative, voracity, vortical, votively. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage Frequency 4. Expressions | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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