Performatively is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Performatively meaning
In a performative manner.
Using Performatively
- The main meaning on this page is: In a performative manner.
Context around Performatively
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Performatively
- In this selection, "performatively" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, get, taking, haley, vacant, angry and progressive stand out and add context to how "performatively" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include characters are performatively vacant or and to get performatively angry at. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "performatively" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with performatively
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The flexitarian, smartarse, squabbling, umbrage-taking, performatively progressive end. (9 words)
He also found time to get performatively angry at the prospect of Winston Churchill’s statue being removed, which was never a serious proposal made by anyone at all. (29 words)
Bullying rhetoric aside, one of her worst moments came last May, when Haley performatively of a UN Security Council session as soon as Palestinian Permanent Observer Riyad Mansour had begun to speak. (32 words)
It’s one thing if characters are performatively vacant or vacuous — “American Psycho” and “” are long too, but in those books it’s a joke that no one can keep the characters straight. (33 words)
Bullying rhetoric aside, one of her worst moments came last May, when Haley performatively of a UN Security Council session as soon as Palestinian Permanent Observer Riyad Mansour had begun to speak. (32 words)
He also found time to get performatively angry at the prospect of Winston Churchill’s statue being removed, which was never a serious proposal made by anyone at all. (29 words)
Example sentences (4)
It’s one thing if characters are performatively vacant or vacuous — “American Psycho” and “” are long too, but in those books it’s a joke that no one can keep the characters straight.
He also found time to get performatively angry at the prospect of Winston Churchill’s statue being removed, which was never a serious proposal made by anyone at all.
The flexitarian, smartarse, squabbling, umbrage-taking, performatively progressive end.
Bullying rhetoric aside, one of her worst moments came last May, when Haley performatively of a UN Security Council session as soon as Palestinian Permanent Observer Riyad Mansour had begun to speak.