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captivatingly

captivatingly adverb: in a captivating manner.

Adverb

captivatingly (comparative more captivatingly, superlative most captivatingly)

  1. In a captivating manner.
    • With great clarity, she steadily and captivatingly unwinds the complicated threads of her narrative, explicating formidable scholarship while keeping the twins at the fore.2009 September 6, Caroline Alexander, “Two of a Kind”, in New York Times

Forms of captivatingly

comparativemore captivatingly
superlativemost captivatingly

Origin of captivatingly

From captivating + -ly.

Questions about captivatingly

What does captivatingly mean?
Captivatingly means in a captivating manner.
What part of speech is captivatingly?
Captivatingly is an adverb.

Words near captivatingly in the dictionary

  1. captivatedly
  2. captivates
  3. captivatest
  4. captivateth
  5. captivating
  6. captivatingly
  7. captivatingness
  8. captivation
  9. captivations
  10. captivative
  11. captivator

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