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Recent Examples of appealingly
Weir’s playing was nimble and intuitive, his voice a sly croon that got appealingly craggy with age.
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Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 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
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
Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 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
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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Latin American equities are trading at near 20-year valuation lows, while regional currencies remain attractively priced, with real exchange rates around 11% below their long-term median.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
31 Dec. 2025
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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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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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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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The result is a chic, vacation-appropriate alternative that travels beautifully.—
Gabrielle Porcaro,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
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Plus, the tenderloins develop a delicate crust from the paprika and pepper rub so overall the flavors are beautifully even.—
Amanda Stanfield,
Southern Living,
9 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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They’ve largely been allowed to play their natural game at Madrid, and have often combined wonderfully, but the right flank has therefore been forced to be less flashy and more disciplined, which has led to a lopsided approach.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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Bobby looked like a kid in a candy store playing with such a wonderfully odd crew.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
12 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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The broadcast will be free after the cost of the device, which will deliver HD video marvelously.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
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The store’s eclectic and marvelously curated decor gives the distinct sense that everything in that shop belongs together.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
9 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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Zaslav’s initial silence paid off handsomely.—
Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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Stone and earth tones evoke calm in the handsomely spare room.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Jan. 2026
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“Appealingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appealingly. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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