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Pavlovianly

Pavlovianly adverb: in a Pavlovian manner; involving Pavlovian conditioning.

Adverb

Pavlovianly (comparative more Pavlovianly, superlative most Pavlovianly)

  1. (informal) In a Pavlovian manner; involving Pavlovian conditioning.
    • To be sure, the audience, Pavlovianly primed by some of our premier playwrights and critics, laughs and laughs, and applauds and applauds. One wonders how many theatergoers, queried about just what they saw and cheered, could come up with a cogent reply. Would they even know that the stuff is the...2003 October 9, “In Brief: Beckett/Albee”, in New York, New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Dec 2022
    • I started watching this debate hoping that Nick Clegg would wipe the floor with the other guys. This is not solely because Pavlovianly, I salivate at any mention of the words "Liberal Democrat"; in the past (from a safe distance to be sure) I've always preferred Labour, even when poor old...2010 April 29, Hendrik Hertzberg, “Debate, British Style”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Jan 2024

Examples of Pavlovianly in a sentence

  • To be sure, the audience, Pavlovianly primed by some of our premier playwrights and critics, laughs and laughs, and applauds and applauds.2003 October 9, “In Brief: Beckett/Albee”, in New York, New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Dec...
  • I think I've been Pavlovianly trained to enjoy drinking Diet Coke out of the can at my desk, and my brain is having trouble processing it coming out of another vessel.2024 January 25, Heather Schwedel, “I Spent a Week Parading My Coveted Stanley Cup Around New York City”, in Slate, New York, N.Y.: The...

Forms of Pavlovianly

comparativemore Pavlovianly
superlativemost Pavlovianly

Origin of Pavlovianly

From Pavlovian + -ly.

Questions about Pavlovianly

What does Pavlovianly mean?
Pavlovianly means in a Pavlovian manner; involving Pavlovian conditioning.
How do you use Pavlovianly in a sentence?
To be sure, the audience, Pavlovianly primed by some of our premier playwrights and critics, laughs and laughs, and applauds and applauds.
What part of speech is Pavlovianly?
Pavlovianly is an adverb.

Words near Pavlovianly in the dictionary

  1. pavlovas
  2. Pavloved
  3. pavlovian
  4. Pavlovian conditioning
  5. Pavlovianism
  6. Pavlovianly
  7. Pavlovians
  8. Pavlovic
  9. Pavlovich
  10. Pavloviches
  11. Pavlovics

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