invitinglyadv.
In a way that invites or allures; attractively.
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the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > [adverb]
alluringly1561
winning1596
magnetically1613
wooinglya1616
winningly1663
invitingly1667
enticingly1720
attractingly1753
seductively1843
tantalizingly1847
temptingly1878
sirenically1888
lurefully1891
luringly1897
come-hither1926
1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety vi. 125 If he can but dress up a temptation to look invitingly, the business is done.
1724 A. Ramsay O steer her Up ii See that shining glass of claret How invitingly it looks.
1852 G. Bancroft Hist. Amer. Revol. II. vi. 120 America, with its new acquisitions..lay invitingly before him.
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