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attractively

adverb

as in beautifully

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Recent Examples of attractively The nest is attractively situated, as any raptor realtor would point out. — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attractively
  1. beautifully
  2. handsomely
  3. wonderfully
  4. marvelously
  5. appealingly
  6. sensationally
  7. enticingly
  8. excellently
Adverb
  • Even so, the show ducked and dived the long arm of the network fuddy-duddies beautifully, skirting the edge of censorship with a knowing wink, clever pun, and out-of-this-world comedic timing.
    — Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • What is left is the bond of a group of women who survived this beautifully flawed universe together, who leave behind twenty-plus years of laughter, chaos, and guilty pleasures for millions of people.
    — Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of beautifully
Adverb
  • An increase in offence and another strong season in even-strength outscoring would increase his value handsomely.
    — Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Volvo does interiors handsomely with upscale materials, spacious designs and complementary colors and trims.
    — James Raia, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of handsomely
Adverb
  • At the same time, its wonderfully central, with easy access to culture, sports, nightlife and the energy of San Francisco.
    — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • O’Flynn is marvelous—brittle one moment, wonderfully funny the next—and her easy chemistry with Johnson gives the film its pulse.
    — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of wonderfully
Adverb
  • Decades, even centuries, may be encompassed by these marvelously comprehensive surveys.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The program opened marvelously with Los Panchos, a Mexican trio originally formed in New York in 1944.
    — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of marvelously
Adverb
  • What a shame, then, that the eggs in a shakshuka, appealingly busy with kale and chickpeas, were set into rubber.
    — John Kessler, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026
  • But the film, with its appealingly oddball cast – featuring everyone from Sonny Bono and Ricki Lake to Waters’ go-to drag performer Divine – and themes of acceptance and sticking to your dreams changed that.
    — Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of appealingly
Adverb
  • Cheryl Ladd joined Season 2 as Kris Munroe, Jill's younger sister, after Fawcett sensationally left as a series regular.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of sensationally
Adverb
  • Bass is playing Cyrus’s pop and rock interests against each other, sometimes enticingly but sometimes divisively, balancing production from longtime Harry Styles affiliate Kid Harpoon and feisty Brooklyn rock quartet Model/Actriz.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Red flags travelers should watch out for include tour operators that offer enticingly low prices or require prepayment.
    — Jessica Puckett, Travel + Leisure, 31 July 2026
Definition of enticingly
Adverb
  • So grab a pair of these excellently affordable buds for yourself!
    — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Of course, a photonic circuit that performs excellently in equations can become considerably less cooperative once somebody attempts to manufacture it.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of excellently

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“Attractively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attractively. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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