Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a tempting manner; seductively; attractively; alluringly.
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- adverb In a
tempting manner.
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- adverb in a tempting seductive manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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Sit on me…Sit on me, you lovely, filthy human, she calls temptingly.
Flushed W. Hodding Carter 2006
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Sit on me…Sit on me, you lovely, filthy human, she calls temptingly.
Flushed W. Hodding Carter 2006
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Then the Party would be in a position to be bought up with offers of government coalition .... (power would be absent, position and title temptingly apparent!)
Another Green World 2009
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De Vessey held up a coin temptingly before the grating.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2) John Roby 1821
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Also, that front manhole will be left kind of temptingly open, with a few chunks o 'loose coal lyin' round it, so that even a Mercer street roundsman couldn't help fallin 'into it!
Phantom Wires A Novel Arthur Stringer 1912
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J. now sleeps with his organic wool-and-cotton, hypoallergenic, temptingly chewable comforter.
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All the things that Noodle likes, including bread, cheese, peas and fruit, are temptingly touchable, while all young readers will love the ending.
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She concluded with her arms around my neck, her face upturned to mine and temptingly close, her eyes greatly solemn and greatly promising.
Chapter 17 2010
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Soon, they were huddled round the strange machine, and staring at a huge, temptingly red button, in the middle of a row of five.
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She sat temptingly close the entire time, drinking coffee after coffee, which was apparently her only way of staying awake.
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