bewitchingly
- adverb
- /bɪˈwɪtʃɪŋli/
:
fascinantemente
- The sunset painted the sky bewitchingly, leaving everyone in awe.
- bewitchingly so
Examples
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The simplest musical devices can be the most fascinating—in the sense of generating a bewitchingly powerful attraction—and minimalism has used absolute simplicity to draw attention to the subtlest changes.
Academic text (1998) -
These creatures will be read in our parochial light (recognizing only 1, 2, and 3 for "standard" animals) as bewitchingly peculiar—and all but the most benighted dolt will take a keen interest.
Academic text (1990) -
Still, it was hard to imagine her rail-thin body as once bewitchingly seductive.
Fiction book (1992) -
Everything that had made Christian Flanders bewitchingly beautiful was, for that very reason, marked for obliteration.
Academic text (1999) -
And enchantingly, bewitchingly wicked when she smiled.
Fiction book (1998) -
They also took the barest and most powerful parts of the lyrics and laid them out bewitchingly throughout their remix.
Blog text (15) -
She bewitchingly eyes Alain, giving him a come-hither gaze.
Fiction book (1998) -
Suzi Gablik, an artist and critic, bewitchingly dressed and booted, is the author of The Re-Enchantment of Art and Has Modernism Failed?
Academic text (2001) -
The garden bloomed bewitchingly, captivating every visitor who entered.
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Her voice was bewitchingly sweet, mesmerizing everyone in the audience.
Synonyms
23
4.4
In a very beautiful or impressive way
21
1.8
In a very pleasant way that makes you feel happy
11
3.0
In a pleasant way that makes people like you
5
3.5
In a very beautiful and impressive way
4
7.4
In a way that tempts you to want something that is hard to get
3
2.5
In a way that looks nice and makes people notice it
3
2.3
In a way that looks nice
2
5.3
In a very bright and impressive way
2
3.8
In a way that looks pleasant and attracts people
2
6.7
In a way that makes people feel great surprise and admiration
2
4.2
In a way that makes people like someone and feel warm towards them
1
4.2
In a way that makes people feel very interested
1
4.6
In a way that attracts attention and makes people interested
1
5.1
In a friendly and pleasant way that makes people like you
1
4.4
In a way that makes someone want something
1
2.1
In a way that makes people like someone or something
1
7.5
In a very beautiful and attractive way that pleases people
1
5.8
In a charming way that delights people and holds their attention
1
7.3
In a charming way that makes people like you
1
6.2
In an attractive, charming way that draws positive attention
1
5.9
In a way that is attractive and makes people pay attention
1
7.8
In a charming way that may trick someone
In a way that attracts and holds people's attention
In a way that holds the attention very strongly
In a cheerful, pleasant way that makes people smile
Antonyms
How Enchanting
1
5.8
11
3.0
3
2.5
50
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
bewitchingly = bewitching (semi-transparent) = be + witch + ing + ly
The adverbial form 'bewitchingly' is transparently derived from the adjective 'bewitching'.
Etymology
Bewitchingly comes from the verb bewitch, which is be- + witch. A witch was once thought to 'cast a spell' and charm people, so something done bewitchingly attracts you as if by magic.