evocative

evocative [ih-vok-uh-tiv, ih-voh-kuh-] ExamplesWord Origin adjective

1. tending to evoke: The perfume was evocative of spring.

Origin of evocative 1650–60; Latin ēvocātīvus, equivalent to ēvocāt(us) (see evoke, -ate1) + -īvus -ive Related formse·voc·a·tive·ly, adverbe·voc·a·tive·ness, nounnon·e·voc·a·tive, adjectiveun·e·voc·a·tive, adjective Examples from the Web for evocatively Contemporary Examples of evocatively

Striving to be evocatively mysterious, Eyrie is in the end merely mystifying.

Tim Winton’s Beautiful, Baffling ‘Eyrie’

Wendy Smith

August 18, 2014

British Dictionary definitions for evocatively evocative adjective

1. tending or serving to evoke

Derived Formsevocatively, adverbevocativeness, noun Word Origin and History for evocatively evocative adj.

1650s, from Late Latin evocativus “pertaining to summoning,” from Latin evocatus, past participle of evocare (see evoke).