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evocatively

evocatively

1 7.0
In a way that brings strong images and memories to mind
  • adverb
  • /ɪˈvoʊkətɪvli/
translation icon : evocativamente
  • A well-known American psychologist, Abraham Maslow (1943, pp. 374-75), evocatively stated the distinction between short-term and long-term needs.
  • evocatively titled
  • evocatively named
  • evocatively describes

Examples

  • Here is certainly a case of how "even the most dense of colonial documents can spring leaks," as Elizabeth Edwards (2001:12) puts it so evocatively.

    Academic text (2008)
  • D.C. has all the material necessary to stand tall and apart from Marvel by actively producing some powerful, evocatively meaningful films that have the weight and heart to withstand the test of time.

    Blog text (21)
  • Roger, beautifully and evocatively written as always.

    Blog text (17)
  • Social psychologist Michelle Fine and her colleagues have written evocatively of her decade of experience with youth researchers.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Holly evocatively describes the old key to the Bastille as "so dense with stored meaning."

    Academic text (2007)
  • How can we evocatively interweave these languages: the digital, poetic, and symbolic languages?

    Blog text (19)
  • He's using them evocatively rather than descriptively or in a classificatory way.

  • And as historian Thomas Allen demonstrates in this thoroughly researched and evocatively written examination of those Americans who opposed separation from Mother England, there is a lot about our one-sided founding Patriot history that is just nonsense.

    Blog text (16)
  • Meanwhile, highly skilled young researchers flocked to Beck's evocatively titled Mood Clinic, a leaky, decrepit set of offices with tattered chairs in the now-defunct Philadelphia General Hospital.

    Academic text (2009)
  • The author evocatively captured the essence of childhood in her novel, bringing back memories for many readers.

Synonyms

emotionally
vsevocatively
369 2.7

In a way that shows strong feelings

adds vivid imagery and memory recall to general emotional display
vividly
vsevocatively
53 3.4

In a way that makes pictures in your mind and feelings very clear

adds emotional and memory effects beyond clear visual detail
achingly
vsevocatively
5 6.6

In a way that shows deep pain or longing

is broader, not limited to pain but includes images and memories
poignantly
vsevocatively
5 7.0

In a way that makes you feel moved or very sad

is similar but also evokes visual images and past memories
movingly
vsevocatively
4 4.7

Makes people feel deep sadness or pity

adds an image and memory element beyond direct sadness
touchingly
vsevocatively
2 5.1

In a way that makes you feel sad or moved

is wider, also creating strong mental images and recalled scenes
soulfully
vsevocatively
2 6.4

Shows deep feeling and moves people

is less focused on soulfulness and more on images and recall
sentimentally
vsevocatively
2 4.7

In a way that shows warm feelings about people or the past

includes nostalgia but also stresses vivid images and immediate feelings
feelingly
vsevocatively
  • Archaic
1 6.7

In a way that shows strong feeling

is broader, combining visible feeling with image and memory effects
affectingly
vsevocatively
1 7.1

In a moving way that makes people feel sad or touched

also brings vivid images and sometimes memories alongside those feelings
affectively
vsevocatively
1 7.0

In a way that relates to feelings

is more specific, creating clear images and recalled memories as well
imagistically
vsevocatively
  • Literature
8.1

In a way that creates clear, strong pictures in your mind with words

focuses more broadly on images, feelings, and memories rather than only pictures
resonantly
vsevocatively
6.6

In a way that makes a strong emotional and lasting impression

leans more toward evoking images and memories as well as feeling
reminiscently
vsevocatively
6.6

In a way that shows a person remembering the past

includes memory recall but also brings strong images and feelings
stirringly
vsevocatively
6.2

In a way that makes people feel strong emotion and excitement

is broader, also calling up vivid images and remembered moments
transportingly
vsevocatively
  • Archaic
8.8

Causes people to feel very moved or delighted

focuses more on creating images and memories as well as feeling
emotively
vsevocatively
5.9

To speak or write in a way that shows strong feelings

also brings mental images and memories, not only raw emotion

Antonyms

3 4.4

In a boring way that shows little interest or energy

In a dull way that does not interest people

How Evocative

evocatively
1 7.0
suggestively
  • Offensive
3 7.4
subtly
48 5.1

Surface Forms

evocatively positive

Morphology

evocatively = evocative (transparent) = evoke + ive + ly

Formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'evocative', yielding the expected adverbial meaning.

Etymology

The word evocatively comes from Latin parts e- ('out') and vocare ('to call'), so the root means 'to call out' and is the same root as vocal. That's why when something is done evocatively, it brings strong images and feelings to mind.