provokingness

I can visit here and find thoughtfulness, thought-provokingness, goofiness, and sexiness - and through it all, always fine writing.

Personal Branding and Sexuality floreta 2009

It was just another instance of the provokingness of man that at this horrible disclosure Dick threw himself back in his chair in a peal of laughter; he laughed and laughed till the tears stood in his eyes, and

The Love Affairs of Pixie George de Horne Vaizey 1887

Basil Ransom asked, with the natural provokingness of a man.

The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II) Henry James 1879

At her words the breast of Shibli Bagarag took in a great wind, and he hung his head a moment to ponder them; and he thought, 'There's provokingness in the speech of this old woman, and she's one that instigateth keenly.

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

At her words the breast of Shibli Bagarag took in a great wind, and he hung his head a moment to ponder them; and he thought, 'There's provokingness in the speech of this old woman, and she's one that instigateth keenly.

The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Volume 1 George Meredith 1868

At her words the breast of Shibli Bagarag took in a great wind, and he hung his head a moment to ponder them; and he thought, 'There's provokingness in the speech of this old woman, and she's one that instigateth keenly.

The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Complete George Meredith 1868

"If that speech means me," said Mr. Rhys with a little bit of provokingness in the corners of his mouth, – "I don't take it.

The Old Helmet 1864

"If that speech means _me_," said Mr. Rhys with a little bit of provokingness in the corners of his mouth, -- "I don't take it.

The Old Helmet, Volume II Susan Warner 1852