appetizingly
- adverb
- /ˈæpɪˌtaɪzɪŋli/
- After baking for an hour, the pie emerged from the oven, appetizingly golden and fragrant.
- appetizingly brown
Examples
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He heard himself telling the man and his wife (she had appeared, fat and pink, with a hot sausage arranged appetizingly on a plate) about his school of psychology, about the Founder, about premonitions, and how the human ego worked.
Fiction book (2000) -
The chef presented the dish appetizingly, with vibrant colors and fresh herbs scattered on top.
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The chocolates were arranged appetizingly on the platter, tempting everyone at the party.
Synonyms
In a way that tempts you to want something that is hard to get
In a way that looks nice and makes people notice it
In a way that looks pleasant and attracts people
In a way that makes someone want something
In a way that is attractive and makes people pay attention
Antonyms
How Appetizing
Surface Forms
Morphology
appetizingly = appetizing (transparent) = appetize + ing + ly
Formed from the adjective 'appetizing' plus the productive adverbial suffix '-ly', yielding 'in an appetizing manner'.
Etymology
Appetizingly comes from appetite, which has a root meaning 'desire' or 'want', and you can see the same idea in appetizer. The endings -ing and -ly turn it into 'in a way', so appetizingly means 'in a way that makes you want to eat'.