intriguingly

adverb

in·​trigu·​ing·​ly in-ˈtrē-giŋ-lē How to pronounce intriguingly (audio)
1
: in an intriguing manner
2
: as a matter of marked interest

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There is a small and intriguingly personal sub-genre of operas about composers. Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025 But intriguingly, the date on the sketch (May 18, 2005) preceded the adoption of the like button at Facebook by nearly four years. Martin Reeves, Harvard Business Review, 16 May 2025 Their teachers — Andras Mihaly, Ferenc Rados and, intriguingly, Gyorgy Kurtag — tried to instill a sense of musical morality in their students. David Allen Chet Strange, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025 Much more intriguingly, the researchers also found that the seismic songs differed depending on the males’ morphology, allowing the females to accurately size up the males from far away. Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 11 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for intriguingly

Word History

First Known Use

1742, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of intriguingly was in 1742

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“Intriguingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intriguingly. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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