Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an enticing or winning manner; charmingly. Formerly also
inticingly .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an enticing manner; charmingly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In an
enticing manner
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Examples
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The female called enticingly; the wild game was running for his pleasure on the trails.
The Sky Line of Spruce Edison Marshall 1930
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But it is hard for me to walk past a shop where slabs of the jelly-like Karachi halwa, topped with almonds, or newly fried bright orange jalebis sit enticingly in the window, and not find myself at the counter.
How to make Indian sweets Homa Khaleeli 2010
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The parallel that the story sets up here, between cellars, bodies and concealing walls that never quite manage to do their job well enough is, I think, enticingly explored.
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The parallel that the story sets up here, between cellars, bodies and concealing walls that never quite manage to do their job well enough is, I think, enticingly explored.
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"A point of admittedly very little interest," begins Mark Guthrie enticingly.
Rugby World Cup 2011: England v Georgia – live! | John Ashdown 2011
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Familiar names here include Sarah Lucas, George Shaw and Wolfgang Tillmans, but it will, as always, be the unfamiliar ones that the show serves up most enticingly.
This week's new exhibitions Robert Clark 2010
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It also enticingly refuses to stoop to simple explanations, keeping the precise cause of the apocalypse – an extreme weather event?
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The moves show how significant players among Japan's blue chips are negotiating a tight line between maintaining a domestic production and employment base at home that is considered politically and socially significant, and tapping into high-growth markets overseas where labor costs remain enticingly low.
Japan's Industry Set for Rebound Kenneth Maxwell 2011
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Pontevedro, in Giles Havergal's enticingly louche production, is one of those po-faced principalities whose chief characteristic is taking itself just a little too seriously.
The Merry Widow – review Alfred Hickling 2010
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Brushed ever so enticingly at the folds of her mound, flicking out to barely caress the sensitive nub hidden within.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
katiegiles commented on the word enticingly
kellerman-flesh and blood: She wiggled back into her shirt and sweater, spread her legs- not enticingly, a combat stance- and shot me in the finger. " He thinks he's so smart"
November 12, 2010