manipulatively
- adverb
- /məˈnɪp.jə.lə.tɪv.li/
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manipulativamente
- I contend, however, that ethical critics tend to make explicit what nearly everyone else does either implicitly or in non-ethical terms, and that it is only reprehensible when it is done badly, that is, when it is done unintelligently, dishonestly, or manipulatively.
There is no place for loyalty with someone who behaves cruelly or manipulatively or abusively or dismissively or coercively.
- There is no place for loyalty with someone who behaves cruelly or manipulatively or abusively or dismissively or coercively.
Examples
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And it in a way manipulatively inspires them to work with you.
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The reader is manipulatively meant to pity Homer's disability, his constant lovelorn state, and the promise of futurity embodied in the figure of the child that is denied.
Academic text (2016) -
"It is so manipulatively conceived that I think things such as speaking from your heart with passion and speaking the truth eloquently—some of the higher and better places to think about evidence and the truth—are lost," says Joyce Tsongas, a Seattle-based trial consultant and former president and founding member of the American Society of Trial Consultants.
Academic text (2001) -
The salesman spoke manipulatively to persuade the customers to buy the overpriced products.
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She manipulatively convinced her friends to support her plan by exaggerating its benefits.
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In the meeting, he manipulatively redirected the conversation to avoid answering tough questions.
Synonyms
8
6.1
In a secret, clever way so others do not notice
5
6.5
In a clever and dishonest way to trick people
2
7.6
In a dishonest or not direct way to get what you want
1
6.5
To use clever tricks to get what you want without telling the truth
In a clever, tricky way to get what you want
In a secret, dishonest way to get an unfair advantage
Antonyms
How Manipulative
Surface Forms
Morphology
manipulatively = manipulative (transparent) = manipulate + ive + ly
Formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'manipulative', yielding a straightforward manner adverb.
Etymology
Manipulatively comes from manipulate, which goes back to the Latin root manus meaning 'hand', and you can see the same idea in the common word manual. So to act manipulatively is like 'handling' people, trying to move or control them in a clever or unfair way.