attractingly
attractingly adverb: in such a way as to attract.
Adverb
attractingly (comparative more attractingly, superlative most attractingly)
- In such a way as to attract.
- […] the Osmund or Magneticall stone […] hath the two Poles (the one of them being of contrary qualitie to the other) the Axis, Equator, Meridians, Parallels, and so all the other Circles naturally and sensibly, as are imagined or fained to bee in the Heauens. All which the directory or inclinatory...1618, Michael Baret, An Hipponomie or the Vineyard of Horsemanship, London, prefatory letter to Book 2
- The beauties of your Charlotte, both mental and bodily, are indeed too attractingly eminent to be easily worn from the memory of a man, who hath not only possess’d, but so greatly contributed to polish them.1777, Samuel Jackson Pratt, Charles and Charlotte, London: William Lane, Volume 1, Letter 26, p. 117
Forms of attractingly
| comparative | more attractingly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most attractingly |
Origin of attractingly
From attracting + -ly.
Questions about attractingly
- What does attractingly mean?
- Attractingly means in such a way as to attract.
- What part of speech is attractingly?
- Attractingly is an adverb.
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