Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a manner to beguile or deceive.
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- adverb In a
beguiling manner
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Examples
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In Me, Myself and Miss Gibbs, Francesca Millican-Slater beguilingly unravels the story behind a modest postcard bought in a Totnes junk shop for 50p.
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Robinson's cello sounded firm, Kalichstein achieved some lovely ethereal playing, and they altogether played so beguilingly as to diminish reports of their gradual decline in quality.
JFK is honored in Casals concert redux Anne Midgette 2011
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What has made it possible for the villagers who greeted us enthusiastically to teach their little children to smile beguilingly as yet one more wave of camera-intrusive Americans barged into their neighborhoods?
Dorothy Zinberg: All That Glitters: An American in Vietnam Dorothy Zinberg 2011
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The Catalan pianist Nèstor Bayona Pifarré displayed more muscle than magic; and though soprano Rhona McKail is possessed of a beguilingly open-toned voice, her traversal of Lord Berners's settings of Heine and Jean-Aubry, competently accompanied by Yshani Perinpanayagam, was marred by an absence of control and wit.
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Worm charming in Blackawton, south Devon, appears beguilingly ancient and rustic but actually only started in 1984, when a bored local at the Normandy Arms wondered what happened to grass when you peed on it.
May Day matters both for solidarity and our souls | Cole Moreton 2011
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During that period he worked daringly and prolifically as an underground filmmaker, but he wasn't allowed to show his films in public until the 2004 release of "The World," a beguilingly poetic feature set in a Beijing theme park.
Bullets, Love and Beijing's Heavy Hand Joe Morgenstern 2011
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Even the first, simplest outfits were artworks, when seen at close quarters: a pencil skirt with close-pleats that undulate beguilingly over the hips but are dipped in gold at the hem to stiffen and exaggerate the silhouette, flattering the body like a gilt frame on a painting.
Alexander McQueen collection shocks Paris fashion week with extreme beauty 2011
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The score by Neil Hannon of the Divine Comedy is beguilingly unsentimental.
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Which is why the arrival on Broadway of "Brief Encounter" feels like such a beguilingly fresh event.
'Brief Encounter': Mad about its style Peter Marks 2010
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And the look is beguilingly intricate: Paramount worked with George Lucas's Industrial Light & Magic for this, its first big-budget digital animation.
'RANGO' BOWS IN: How the animated Depp film could help change the game 2011
sionnach commented on the word beguilingly
"We spent the whole time in Kona and Hilo", said Tom beguilingly.
December 12, 2007