ATTRACTIVELY Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

attractively

adverb

as in beautifully

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Recent Examples of attractively The waitstaff was young and attractive, the silverware was clean, and the food was attractively displayed when we were served. — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 19 June 2026 Rakers also said Nvidia remains attractively valued despite being up 18% year to date. — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 12 May 2026 The vegetables, fruit, and baskets of potatoes were attractively arranged. — Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025 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 Apparently, Ricks and Montarce think it’s now attractively priced. — John Dorfman, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025 Getting to the bottom of, say, the seed-oil controversy requires engaging with thorny scientific debates that reference inscrutable research papers; embracing the natural and ancestral by opting for tallow is an attractively simple-seeming alternative. — Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 11 Aug. 2025

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Caribenya’s magic, and Pimienta’s real achievement, is a record that beautifully slips through your fingers.

— Maria Nenet Barrios, Pitchfork, 21 July 2026
This mini crossbody is a wonderful addition to the Metro collection, performing beautifully as a dedicated travel pouch.

— Charley Ward, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 July 2026

Definition of beautifully

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To that end, Doomsday features a dizzying lineup of X-Men, Avengers, and other handsomely paid returning cast members, several of whom have died onscreen, sometimes more than once.

— Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 30 July 2026
Microsoft broke ranks and kept its capital expenditures outlook steady — and the troubled stock was handsomely rewarded Wednesday evening.

— Jeff Marks, CNBC, 30 July 2026

Definition of handsomely

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Typing, reading, watching videos and browsing social media all work wonderfully on it.

— Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Located next to McLaughlin Eastshore State Park State Seashore—a nearly continuous ribbon of shoreline parks linking several East Bay waterfront destinations, including Albany Beach—the Bulb retains a wonderfully offbeat spirit.

— Barbara Noe Kennedy, Travel + Leisure, 28 July 2026

Definition of wonderfully

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Though marvelously affirming for film fans, this is not a sustainable business plan.

— Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026
There’s a running gag about vampires peeing blood at public urinals This marvelously fun shift in tone more than justifies the title change.

— Judy Berman, Time, 2 June 2026

Definition of marvelously

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An endearingly dorky Calam Lynch, an appealingly sturdy Cathy Tyson and a playful Savannah Steyn round out the core cast as members of Judith’s support team.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026
Schoenaerts menacingly grins his way through the movie, with appealingly bulging eyes.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 June 2026

Definition of appealingly

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On 13 May 2026, by which time his book had gone to press, the South Carolina supreme court sensationally overturned the murder conviction, citing ‘shocking jury interference’ by the clerk to the court.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026
Every congressional candidate endorsed by Zohran Mamdani won—including, most sensationally, Darializa Avila Chevalier, who ousted the ten-year incumbent, Adriano Espaillat.

— Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 24 June 2026

Definition of sensationally

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Skipper, for his part, was enticingly exotic to Pym.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
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

Definition of enticingly

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Yet, outside the excellently claustrophobic Trojan Horse scenes, Nolan is more interested in exploring his anguish than his spoils.

— Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
With two goals across the seven games, Porro is a perfect example of that — often acting as a foil for Yamal and linking excellently with his team-mates across the pitch.

— Mark Carey, New York Times, 18 July 2026

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