provocatively

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English provocative Middle English -ly English -ly English provocatively From provocative + -ly.

1. In a provocative manner.

   “The two tables Peter approved of highly when they arrived next day and when Rita said provocatively to Peter's vanity, "Don't tell me you'll really be able to repeat that pattern as finely," Peter replied boastfully, "I'll do as good a job as the original, if not better."”

   “Scottie, a precocious 10-year old,^([sic]) wears provocatively sloganed T-shirts and harasses her peers by text message.”