endearingly
2
4.2
- adverb
- /ɪnˈdɪrɪŋli/
:
de manera entrañable
- So it wasn't morbid, it was endearingly comedic.
- endearingly goofy
- endearingly satisfied
- endearingly so
Examples
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One group of young folks, maybe 20 strong, has put on endearingly uncool red Target store shirts.
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His charisma—any charisma, I suppose—is entirely performance, yet in being never more or less than a performer, he somehow remains endearingly genuine.
Academic text (2007) -
But it's this endearingly oddball group of characters that makes Frankie Go Boom work for the film's first 45 minutes.
Blog text (10) -
Holden, as a narrator, is endearingly likable, and moreover, he finds friendship with the reader.
Blog text (25) -
Joel Metcalf was endearingly neurotic, compulsive, fearful, and paranoid.
Fiction book (1999) -
Yet Rainy, the elfin, pigtailed seven-year-old, is as endearingly good-natured as Java is difficult; and her dark, heart-shaped face is always sweet with patient admiration for her stocky, belligerent older sister.
Fiction book (1993) -
Wide-eyed and holding the Oscar Gene Hackman had just handed her, she delivered an endearingly breathless list of thank-yous.
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From that first night, Kevin, ten years her senior, was endearingly attentive.
Synonyms
41
1.0
In a kind and caring way that shows strong feeling for someone
41
1.5
In a warm way that shows liking or love
37
1.0
In a kind, gentle, pleasant way
30
2.6
Act in a loving, gentle way that shows you care
11
3.0
In a pleasant way that makes people like you
4
2.5
In a way that makes people feel love or delight
3
3.4
In a loving way that shows deep care and admiration
2
3.8
In a way that looks pleasant and attracts people
1
2.1
In a way that makes people like someone or something
1
3.0
In a way that makes people like someone or something easily
1
3.7
In a loving and affectionate way
1
7.3
In a charming way that makes people like you
1
6.2
In an attractive, charming way that draws positive attention
In a cheerful, pleasant way that makes people smile
Antonyms
How Affectionate
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Endearingly comes from the verb endear, which is en- 'make' plus dear 'loved' or 'precious'. So to do something endearingly is to act in a way that 'makes' people feel affection or love for you.