fascinatingly
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4.2
- adverb
- /ˈfæsɪneɪtɪŋli/
:
fascinantemente
- Marcela's character has generated diametrically opposing critical views, which, as Ruth El Saffar has pointed out, divide "fascinatingly along gender lines" (158).
- fascinatingly complex
- fascinatingly flawed
- fascinatingly different
And then you have the Ukraine piece, which is fascinatingly changing, right?
- And then you have the Ukraine piece, which is fascinatingly changing, right?
- No, the, the, the history of this nation is, is a fascinatingly effective journey towards the balance of power.
- So on the comment about children, which are fascinatingly good at learning new stuff, how much of it do you think is hardware and how much of it is software?
- My niece and my dog are fascinatingly simple and they're unassuming and they're unpretentious and I want to live more in that world sometimes.
Examples
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She had just finished her first novel, The Bricks That Built the Houses, and here she talks fascinatingly about writer's block.
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So on the comment about children, which are fascinatingly good at learning new stuff, how much of it do you think is hardware and how much of it is software?
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No, the, the, the history of this nation is, is a fascinatingly effective journey towards the balance of power.
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James, what a fascinatingly disjointed post.
Blog text (32) -
Arts education policy is fascinatingly difficult because there are so many definitions of excellence, many of which are not centered in student learning.
Academic text (1999) -
And that's why I find Steve Corral's comments so fascinatingly deep and funny at the same time.
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Fascinatingly, it was through Glenn Gould that I came to enjoy some of the music of Arnold Schoenberg.
Blog text (11) -
The fit was not quite perfect, and the gown smelled rather strongly of its previous owner, but the satin was weighty and swished rather fascinatingly about my feet, over the layers of petticoats.
Fiction book (1991) -
Berger conjures a fascinatingly ambiguous ending: melancholy, eerie, and erotic (Bradshaw, n.p.).
Academic text (2016) -
The documentary about the universe is fascinatingly informative, sparking a deep interest in astronomy.
Synonyms
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1.0
In a way that makes people want to know more
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7.4
In a way that tempts you to want something that is hard to get
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4.8
In a way that makes people pay close attention and believe it
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4.1
In a way that makes you curious or interested
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3.8
In a way that looks pleasant and attracts people
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4.6
In a way that attracts attention and makes people interested
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4.4
In a way that makes someone want something
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2.8
In a way that makes people feel excited
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5.9
In a way that is attractive and makes people pay attention
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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 very charming, almost magical way that attracts people
In a way that makes people stop and look
In a way that makes people more interested or excited
In a way that is pleasantly spicy or slightly exciting
In a way that slightly excites interest or curiosity
Antonyms
How Interesting
Surface Forms
Morphology
fascinatingly = fascinating (transparent) = fascinate + ing + ly
Formed by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'fascinating'; the manner meaning is directly predictable.
Etymology
The word fascinatingly comes from fascinate, which comes from the old Latin fascinare meaning 'to bewitch' or 'put under a spell'. So, to do something fascinatingly is to do it in a way that strongly attracts people, as if giving them a little 'spell' of interest.