provocatively
Adverb
Meaning
in a provocative manner
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`Try it,' he said provocatively
Cover art for Files titles, such as Hit and Run Holiday (1986), reflects these changes; Nancy is often dressed provocatively, in short skirts, shirts that reveal her stomach or breasts, or a bathing suit.
In the first snap, Demi could be seen with a rose in her mouth staring seductively into the camera, while in another Demi put the focus on her derriere as she posed provocatively, she accessorized her look with stunning belts across her neck and thighs.
At once a strikingly original thriller and a vivisection of Sweden’s dirty not-so-little secrets, this first of a trilogy introduces a provocatively odd couple.”
Beglarian is far too cool and elegant to attempt a James Brown imitation, but in her own understated yet provocatively emphatic way, she slyly evokes him anyway.
Chapter Four is provocatively entitled Leather, Whips, and Fruit,and deals with the sordid topic of lust, which as Rob says, promises what it cannot deliver.