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Recent Examples of appealingly
It was announced in 2021 with great fanfare and an appealingly low price of just $40,000.
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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
His girlfriend immediately started persuading him to write a piece for AFM, on the basis that the editing would be rigorous and the pay, most appealingly, would be premium.
—Julia Hass, Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025
Lloyd is appealingly sympathetic as his sharp son, while Judge Reinhold once again is a superb straight man, as a noodly, overly rational shrink with a weakness for pretentious sweaters.
—Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025
Three or four decades ago, the newspaperman was appealingly raffish—at once a bum who drank too much and a knight-errant who charged unafraid at social injustice, succored the weak, and crossed lances with the powerful and arrogant.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
This is a risk because Cliff, of course, is already betrothed to the appealingly sensible Brittany.
—Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
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
His girlfriend immediately started persuading him to write a piece for AFM, on the basis that the editing would be rigorous and the pay, most appealingly, would be premium.
—Julia Hass, Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025
Lloyd is appealingly sympathetic as his sharp son, while Judge Reinhold once again is a superb straight man, as a noodly, overly rational shrink with a weakness for pretentious sweaters.
—Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025
Three or four decades ago, the newspaperman was appealingly raffish—at once a bum who drank too much and a knight-errant who charged unafraid at social injustice, succored the weak, and crossed lances with the powerful and arrogant.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
This is a risk because Cliff, of course, is already betrothed to the appealingly sensible Brittany.
—Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 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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It is attractively designed and features nylon strings along with an impressive action that is both responsive and easily playable.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
7 Nov. 2025
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Dan Romanoff, senior equity analyst at Morningstar, wrote in a Tuesday note that the firm maintains its fair value estimate of $560 per share for wide-moat Adobe and sees shares as attractively valued.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
30 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The film opens with a montage of nameless women across different eras and places smiling invitingly toward the camera, then frowning and glaring at it, and finally screaming while drenched in blood.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Nov. 2025
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The architects’ challenge was to shape a tower that was at once muscled and airy, a private fiefdom that appears invitingly public.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
12 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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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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Even so, for those who enjoy history, the series is beautifully acted and detailed.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
6 Nov. 2025
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The group was encased in wrap-around screens projecting visuals of their performance and only barely visible as the slow-burn groove of the song unfurled over beautifully overlapping guitars.—
Daniel Dylan Wray,
Pitchfork,
5 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Red velvet bows fit in wonderfully with the overall scheme, and these always look great on the mantle, staircase, garland, or even tied onto the tree.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
6 Nov. 2025
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The two movies are wonderfully complementary, even if their close release dates are seemingly a coincidence.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Andrzej Sapkowski’s first two Witcher books, both short story collections, are marvelously varied in tone and content, presenting a smorgasbord of standalone Geralt adventures that alternate between the comic and tragic.—
Scott Meslow,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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Go with the Pleated Denim Mini Skirt, whose 100-percent regenerative cotton is not only good for the planet but will be able to play off your button-ups, cardigans, and even sweatshirts marvelously well.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
10 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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This one billionaire would thereby be entitled to a disproportionate share of—remember, by nature limited—removals, simply by virtue of his ability to pay handsomely for them.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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However, more desperate teams may be willing to pay him handsomely before changing his position.—
Aaliyan Mohammed,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Appealingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appealingly. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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