engagingly
- adverb
- /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒɪŋli/
- As interesting as the film itself is, the story of its production is told engagingly in Van Peebles's son Mario's 2003 film Baadasssss.
- smiled engagingly
- writes engagingly
That's why they're all kind of floppy and useless and, you know, don't even smile at you, never mind be, you know, behave in a, an engagingly human way.
- That's why they're all kind of floppy and useless and, you know, don't even smile at you, never mind be, you know, behave in a, an engagingly human way.
Examples
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Here, the importance of reception theory and reception history is evident—topics that have been engagingly explored by Mark Vessey and Kim Haines-Eitzen in their own work.
Academic text (2005) -
A second thread of the conference dealt with theoretical concerns about feminism, women's studies, and gender studies, often in an engagingly personal way.
Academic text (1995) -
There was something engagingly tragic about her.
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It seems to capture the spirit of the book and do it engagingly.
Blog text (27) -
The reasons are many: Troung is an excellent writer, both engagingly formal and abidingly down to earth.
Blog text (13) -
It is only logical that we introduce the tools that can enhance teachers' abilities to engagingly create and publish original, personalized instruction.
Academic text (2012) -
When Cornelius remarked on the absence of a filing cabinet, the other laughed in his usual engagingly boyish manner.
Fiction book (1996) -
For a second, she filled the doorway in its entirety, smiling engagingly, as if she wanted to give me the time to calmly take in her full image.
Fiction book (1997) -
The documentary was engagingly narrated, keeping the audience's interest throughout.
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The teacher explained the complex topic engagingly, making it easy for the students to understand.
Synonyms
In a way that makes people want to know more
In a very noticeable way that attracts attention
In a pleasant way that makes people like you
In a way that looks nice and makes people notice it
In a way that makes people pay close attention and believe it
In a way that makes you curious or interested
In a way that looks pleasant and attracts people
In a way that makes people laugh or feel interested
In a way that makes people like someone and feel warm towards them
In a way that makes people feel very interested
Makes people want to come closer
In a friendly and pleasant way that makes people like you
In a way that makes someone want something
In a friendly, pleasant way that shows warmth and kindness
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 charming, almost magical way that attracts people
In a way that attracts and holds people's attention
In a way that holds the attention very strongly
In a way that holds your full attention
In a way that makes people stop and look
In a way that makes people more interested or excited
In a way that makes people notice something
Antonyms
How Engagingly
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word engagingly comes from engage, which long ago meant 'to give a pledge' or 'to bind' and comes from the old root gage, later coming to mean 'to involve' someone. So, to do something engagingly is to do it in a way that pulls people in and holds their attention.