charmingly
- adverb
- /ˈtʃɑrmɪŋli/
- She spoke charmingly, making everyone feel welcomed and appreciated.
- charmingly eccentric
That's almost like charmingly old school in its approach.
- That's almost like charmingly old school in its approach.
- I found them to be dreamy, mercurial, almost charmingly childlike people about love and relationships.
- But if you were annoying people, I was actually maybe in a kind of a charmingly annoying way.
- And because there was one particular individual who was the the headliner, shall we put it charmingly, named Roxy Tickle.
Examples
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He charmingly entertained the children with his stories and jokes.
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The garden was charmingly decorated with colorful flowers and twinkling lights.
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The song that you so charmingly played out here for us.
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Except for visiting craft services, which is charmingly located in a school bus.
Blog text (13) -
That's almost like charmingly old school in its approach.
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And to think we could have been so charmingly misled.
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You put it most charmingly, Fay dear.
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I dropped my hand and smiled charmingly at him.
Fiction book (1992) -
But tell me how you came to be in my woods, and so charmingly unchaperoned.
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Oh, I do think you've done this charmingly.
Synonyms
In a pleasant or attractive way
In a friendly and enjoyable way
In a kind, gentle, pleasant way
In a very pleasant way that makes you feel happy
In a way that makes people feel love or delight
In a way that looks nice and makes people notice it
In a way that makes someone feel happy
In a way that looks pleasant and attracts people
In a way that makes people like someone and feel warm towards them
In a friendly and pleasant way that makes people like you
In a way that attracts attention and makes people interested
In a way that makes people like someone or something
In a friendly, pleasant way that shows warmth and kindness
In a smooth, confident way that charms people
In a charming way that makes people like you
In an attractive, charming way that draws positive attention
In a charming way that delights people and holds their attention
In a way that is attractive and makes people pay attention
In a very beautiful and attractive way that pleases people
In a cheerful, pleasant way that makes people smile
In a very charming, almost magical way that attracts people
Antonyms
How Charming
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Charmingly comes from the old word charm, which comes from the Latin carmen meaning 'song' and 'magic spell', because songs were once thought to change people's feelings. So to act charmingly is like using a small 'spell' to please and attract others.