Definitions
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- adverb In a
manipulative manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in an artfully manipulative manner
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Examples
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As I've said before, the show's MO might more accurately be described as manipulatively and dishonestly playing against the audience's knee-jerk reactions to hot-button issues, often by using semantic associations that have little or nothing to do with the reality of the story.
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"All the usual elements, somewhat manipulatively reconfigured."
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But privately they openly acknowledge that they have no way of knowing if their aid is distributed manipulatively and in fact they know there is discrimination and repression but are powerless to stop it.
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I agree with him -- in fact, the heavily-rehearsed and manipulatively-crafted marketing act behind not only E3 trailers, but pre-launch hype in general is something I keep complaining about.
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But privately they openly acknowledge that they have no way of knowing if their aid is distributed manipulatively and in fact they know there is discrimination and repression but are powerless to stop it.
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Michael Emerson -- that's Benjamin "What, me manipulatively lie?"
Adrianne Palicki is Wonder Woman; bidding farewell to Len Lesser, aka Uncle Leo
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I agree with him -- in fact, the heavily-rehearsed and manipulatively-crafted marketing act behind not only E3 trailers, but pre-launch hype in general is something I keep complaining about.
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But privately they openly acknowledge that they have no way of knowing if their aid is distributed manipulatively and in fact they know there is discrimination and repression but are powerless to stop it.
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But privately they openly acknowledge that they have no way of knowing if their aid is distributed manipulatively and in fact they know there is discrimination and repression but are powerless to stop it.
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The way things apparently went at Soundview Healthcare Network is quite the exception -- in fact a Madoff like effort, carefully and manipulatively played out over years.
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