imitatively

When I begin to talk I repeat this name imitatively, and thinking of myself as others do.

The Nature of Goodness George Herbert Palmer 1887

In the sphere of action, also, the child who is stimulated by the sight of his elder pounding with a hammer, sweeping with a broom, etc., reacts imitatively upon such stimulations, and thus acquires skill in action.

Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education Ontario. Ministry of Education

Nelatha mocked Si'Wren imitatively, as her eyes and mouth becoming like wide round circles, to match Si'Wren's expression, which in turn exactly resembled the little round-eyed mud face.

Si'Wren of the Patriarchs Roland Jon Cheney

Modern Spaniards hadn't, thanks to taxation and the Church, been able to build a mental life for themselves; so, since the mind of man must have a little exercise, they repeated imitatively the actions by which their forefathers had responded to their quite real psychological imperatives.

The Judge Rebecca West 1937

Peterkin pulled himself half-way up, only immediately to fall back. junior stood for an instant imitatively reaching up with his baby hands, then abandoning the attempt waddled off after a big butterfly.

Angel Island Inez Haynes Gillmore 1921

The person is either going through motions quite blindly, perhaps purely imitatively, or else is in a state of excitement which is exhausting to mind and nerves.

democracy and Education : an Introduction to the Philosophy of Education 1916

"I'm sorry," said Little Miss Grouch, imitatively.

Little Miss Grouch A Narrative Based on the Log of Alexander Forsyth Smith's Maiden Transatlantic Voyage Samuel Hopkins Adams 1914

The designer of frostings who has a right feeling for his art will not emulate the sculptor and strive to model in the grand style; the sculptor who tries to reproduce imitatively the textures of lace or other fabrics and who exuberates in filigrees and fussinesses so far departs from his art as to rival the confectioner.

The Gate of Appreciation Studies in the Relation of Art to Life Carleton Eldredge Noyes 1911

The painter who copies his object imitatively, finding nothing, creating nothing, is an artisan, however skillful he may be.

The Gate of Appreciation Studies in the Relation of Art to Life Carleton Eldredge Noyes 1911

To the clever technician who imitatively paints the flower as he knows it to be,

The Enjoyment of Art Carleton Eldredge Noyes 1911