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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
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Provokingly?

It felt as if she smiled provokingly at me in her sleep.

I can't find much with provokingly as provocatively seems to be preferred, so is this wrong?

And what is the difference (if any) between provokingly and provocatively?

  

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t1%3B%2Cprovocatively%3B%2Cc0 and you'll see that provocatively has become more popular over the last half-century, though provokingly is not wrong. )

— Rover_KE

  • t1%3B%2Cprovocatively%3B%2Cc0 and you'll see that provocatively has become more popular over the last half-century, though provokingly is not wrong.
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