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Recent Examples of temptingly
His is a wily, chaotic, satirical and sincere, temptingly unwieldy epic drama.
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Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
14 Nov. 2025
What that means is even if the door opens and the tarmac looks temptingly walkable, think twice before stepping off.
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Alesandra Dubin,
Southern Living,
24 Aug. 2025
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
14 Nov. 2025
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
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Skipper, for his part, was enticingly exotic to Pym.
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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.
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Its central hub, where the wellness offerings, main dining room and 35 of the 65 bedrooms are located, is invitingly curvaceous, with sci-fi swirls of walls and sparkling swathes of window bookended by two vast, contemplative courtyards.
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An afternoon stroll with Oscar (Diego Calva), who begins as Arlo’s social worker and becomes Peter’s love interest, is invitingly honey-colored in the sunlight, while a druggy nightclub hookup devolves into a dreamy blur of body parts.
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Schoenaerts menacingly grins his way through the movie, with appealingly bulging eyes.
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The menu has a lot of variety and is always presented appealingly.
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The waitstaff was young and attractive, the silverware was clean, and the food was attractively displayed when we were served.
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Rakers also said Nvidia remains attractively valued despite being up 18% year to date.
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The video, directed by Irish filmmaker Neil Jordan, is both beautifully shot and slightly ridiculous.
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It’s held together beautifully by Bailey, who’s easy to root for as the tortured protagonist, and, as one half (along with her sister) of the musical duo Chloe x Halle, knows a thing or two about the musician’s plight.
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To the contrary, council members often preface their comments with gratuitous praise for staff (as if they’re not being paid handsomely for their work).
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Done well, the securitization turns a bottleneck into a market, and pays investors handsomely for the service.
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The late-spring blooms are wonderfully fragrant and borne among their leaves as opposed to the ends of the branches.
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Trailing 1-0 after a frustrating first half, Nagelsmann introduced three substitutes, and two of them combined wonderfully to equalize.
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“Temptingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temptingly. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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