charming

adjective

charm·ing ˈchär-miŋ

: extremely pleasing or delightful : entrancing

a charming restaurant

has such charming manners

charmingly

ˈchär-miŋ-lē

adverb

Example Sentences

a charming little café by the sea a charming man who had no problem winning women's hearts

Recent Examples on the Web Retirees Joyce, Elizabeth, Ibrahim and Ron — also known as the Thursday Murder Club — are back in action and as charming as ever.

Stephanie Merry, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2022 The 2011 rom-com stars Steve Carell as a man recently separated from his wife (Julianne Moore), who gets dating tips from a charming younger man played by Ryan Gosling.

Lia Beck, EW.com, 16 Aug. 2022 Bianchi presents as a charming, mild-mannered and clean-cut young man who once worked as a security guard.

Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2022 But Jane soon falls under the sway of a charming older man — and things spiral out of control.

Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al, 9 July 2022 On a bench in Central Park, Huntt interviews her dad, a charming Afro-Dominican man named Juan who was born on a sugar plantation outside San Pedro de Macoris.

Jasmin Hernandez, ELLE, 9 July 2022 People know him as this charming leading man, but not this intellectual powerhouse.

Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 15 June 2022 It’s not as charming or even amusing as Famuyiwa thinks, and there was a truly strange decision to interview nearly everybody separately for the entirety of the documentary.

Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Apr. 2022 The home was charming, if architecturally wonky, and—in addition to a resident mouse or two—boasted a colorful history that included (as local lore held) stints as a 19th-century hunting shack, gangster bolt-hole, and hippie artists’ colony.

Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 25 Oct. 2022 See More

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