If you do something emotively, you do it in a way that stirs strong feelings in other people. A speaker may talk emotively about “our children” to win hearts. A film may be shot emotively — slow music, close faces — so you cry even if the story is simple. It is not an everyday chat word; you will see it more in reviews and in writing about language or politics. It is simply the adverb of emotive. Though actually, learners often reach for emotionally instead. Emotionally is how someone feels inside, or how they show their own feelings. Emotively is about the effect on the listener or viewer.