manipulatively

1. 1.

   in an artfully manipulative manner

Questions about manipulatively

What does manipulatively mean?

manipulatively means "in an artfully manipulative manner".

How many syllables are in manipulatively?

manipulatively has 7 syllables and divides as ma-ni-pu-la-ti-ve-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is manipulatively a common word?

manipulatively is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.