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tantalizingly

tantalizingly adverb: in a tantalizing manner.

Adverb

tantalizingly (comparative more tantalizingly, superlative most tantalizingly)

  1. In a tantalizing manner.

Forms of tantalizingly

comparativemore tantalizingly
superlativemost tantalizingly

Origin of tantalizingly

From tantalizing + -ly.

Questions about tantalizingly

What does tantalizingly mean?
Tantalizingly means in a tantalizing manner.
What part of speech is tantalizingly?
Tantalizingly is an adverb.

Words near tantalizingly in the dictionary

  1. tantalized
  2. tantalizer
  3. tantalizers
  4. tantalizes
  5. tantalizing
  6. tantalizingly
  7. tantalizingness
  8. tantalizings
  9. Tantallon
  10. tantalocene
  11. tantalous

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