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Recent Examples of appealingly
Ask for another round of the appealingly coarse corn tortillas, for scooping up birria off a Jurassic-scale marrow bone.
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Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026
But the selection was appealingly unexpected from a down-the-middle country star like Johnson, who spent much of the rest of his set recounting his long music-industry come-up and urging folks to see past their differences in the name of unity.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026
Kyra, played by an appealingly slippery and soft-spoken Anika Noni Rose, styles herself as a voice of reason, a new neighbor here to make a few practical proposals.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2026
How Truman understood sports Perhaps most appealingly to anyone locally, though, is Truman’s seemingly improbable enchantment with sports.
—Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
The glassy, 36-story building offers an appealingly down-to-earth, accessible, community-minded style of luxury that’s right at home in a city renowned for its food, culture, and friendliness.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2026
Sun Ra’s intro wandered, appealingly arrhythmic.
—Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
It was announced in 2021 with great fanfare and an appealingly low price of just $40,000.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 15 Dec. 2025
Nguyen, who publishes heady critical essays on Substack, has some appealingly contrarian thoughts.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2025
Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026
But the selection was appealingly unexpected from a down-the-middle country star like Johnson, who spent much of the rest of his set recounting his long music-industry come-up and urging folks to see past their differences in the name of unity.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026
Kyra, played by an appealingly slippery and soft-spoken Anika Noni Rose, styles herself as a voice of reason, a new neighbor here to make a few practical proposals.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2026
How Truman understood sports Perhaps most appealingly to anyone locally, though, is Truman’s seemingly improbable enchantment with sports.
—Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
The glassy, 36-story building offers an appealingly down-to-earth, accessible, community-minded style of luxury that’s right at home in a city renowned for its food, culture, and friendliness.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2026
Sun Ra’s intro wandered, appealingly arrhythmic.
—Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
It was announced in 2021 with great fanfare and an appealingly low price of just $40,000.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 15 Dec. 2025
Nguyen, who publishes heady critical essays on Substack, has some appealingly contrarian thoughts.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for appealingly
Adverb
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Skipper, for his part, was enticingly exotic to Pym.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Nov. 2025
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The widely varied performances are quietly yet keenly expressive; Reichardt’s dialogue has enticingly odd spin (starting with an ingenious monologue for a precocious child) and the cast delivers it with pinpoint inflections.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
15 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Rakers also said Nvidia remains attractively valued despite being up 18% year to date.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
12 May 2026
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The vegetables, fruit, and baskets of potatoes were attractively arranged.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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An afternoon stroll with Oscar (Diego Calva), who begins as Arlo’s social worker and becomes Peter’s love interest, is invitingly honey-colored in the sunlight, while a druggy nightclub hookup devolves into a dreamy blur of body parts.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
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This month’s delicate Strawberry Shortcake Roll makes the case most invitingly.—
Shilpa Uskokovic,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
13 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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His is a wily, chaotic, satirical and sincere, temptingly unwieldy epic drama.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
14 Nov. 2025
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What that means is even if the door opens and the tarmac looks temptingly walkable, think twice before stepping off.—
Alesandra Dubin,
Southern Living,
24 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Dishes are imaginatively constructed, packed with flavor, and beautifully presented.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 May 2026
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There’s something beautifully spooky and wonderful about Paul McCartney, at 83, being like that Orson Welles character, still mooning over someone who barely knew his name 70 years ago.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
23 May 2026
Adverb
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Malek’s brave and wonderfully lived-in performance is one that will be long remembered, a career high for this Oscar-winning actor who simply inhabits this man with dignity and determination, his days limited but his spirit untouched.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
20 May 2026
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While rhubarb works wonderfully in baked goods, baking strawberries into scones or muffins can be a little bit more of a challenge.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 May 2026
Adverb
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The storytelling is wonky, given the film’s competing needs to be Miranda-blunt about the modern magazine business while pairing marvelously with a glass of rosé.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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John Houseman tippy toes briefly as a dry old bean and stuffy grammarian, emblematic of the stultified staff at Fox’s magazine of employment; unfortunately, Houseman’s marvelously fussy presence is only one of the film’s intermittent garnishes, most of which are never developed and never pay off.—
Duane Byrge,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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But Markiplier is easily the highest-profile YouTuber to do something like this, and was rewarded handsomely.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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And while there’s a robust body of research supporting the use of small doses of ketamine for severe depression, many of those clinics are operating in areas where the evidence is sparse to nonexistent — all while asking consumers to pay handsomely for the privilege.—
Lisa Jarvis,
Twin Cities,
13 May 2026
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“Appealingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appealingly. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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