temptingly

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Recent Examples of temptingly 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for temptingly
Adverb
  • 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
  • While the water of the San Dieguito Reservoir may be enticingly clean and blue, the Santa Fe Irrigation District (SFID) wants to remind residents that the reservoir is not meant for recreational uses like fishing.
    Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Sarr took that literally by twice squaring, when invitingly placed in front of goal himself, for summer signing Yeremy Pino, who could not convert from promising positions.
    Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Silano is invitingly conversational.
    Rebecca Morgan Frank September 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • 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
  • That had an appealingly heavy-metal ring.
    Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • 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
  • 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
  • Even so, for those who enjoy history, the series is beautifully acted and detailed.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • However, more desperate teams may be willing to pay him handsomely before changing his position.
    Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • 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
  • The two movies are wonderfully complementary, even if their close release dates are seemingly a coincidence.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025

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“Temptingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temptingly. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.

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