Meanings
adverbunprovokingly (comparative more unprovokingly, superlative most unprovokingly)
comparative more unprovokingly · superlative most unprovokingly
- Without giving provocation.
That lady was with her in her last illness, and it was discovered after her death, that the whole of her large fortune was bequeathed to the interesting mother and daughter whose characters she had heard so unprovokingly assailed.
1829, Virginia Cary, Christian Parent's Assistant, Or, Tales, for the Moral and Religious Instruction of Youth, page 196
Origin
Cite this entry
APA
unprovokingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unprovokingly
MLA
“unprovokingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unprovokingly. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unprovokingly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unprovokingly.
Source: unprovokingly on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.