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engagingly, adv.|ɛnˈgeɪdʒɪŋlɪ| [f. prec. + -ly.] In an engaging manner. 1. So as to involve a pledge; cf. prec. 2.
1651Baxter Inf. Bapt. 124 Were it [baptism] performed more solemnly, particularly, and engagingly. 2. Attractively, charmingly, winningly.
1694Pindaric Ode to Sancroft, How his Rays Engagingly Surprize! 1742Richardson Pamela III. 104 One more learned..could not write as you do..so very ingagingly. 1805S. & Ht. Lee Canterb. T. V. 345 Too engagingly peremptory, to admit of any denial from him. 1812L. Hunt in Exam. 4 May 275/1 [He] is..engagingly tolerant. |