instigative

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Meals, Max Watman wrote in his review in these pages, “are the language of this book, the waypoints and transitions, the narrative beats and instigative sparks that drive the storytelling.”

From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2020

A pianist of classical touch and methodical temperament, he fell in with coolly instigative composer-improvisers like John Hollenbeck and Tim Berne, his reputation accruing as a byproduct of his work ethic.

From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2012

The instigative type is present in three, and its processes give pleasure to all who behold.

From Quaker Hill A Sociological Study by Wilson, Warren H. (Warren Hugh)