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addictingly en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English addicting Middle English -ly English -ly English addictingly From addicting + -ly.

Meanings

1. In an addicting manner.
   • As dreary as that sounds, as complex and ambiguous as the stories can be, "Nip/Tuck" is addictingly entertaining: brisk, clever and whimsical. 2004 June 21, “'Nip/Tuck' is nifty slice of television”, in Sacramento Bee:
   • Lizano, a thick green herb sauce that is neither hot nor spicy, is an addictingly good condiment. 2006 January 25, “Central American Cuisine Sizzles with Fresh Iingredients”, in Centre Daily Times, State College, PA:
   • HTML markup is addictingly fun to experiment with, and straightforward to create 1996, Kevin Dowd, Getting Connected: The Internet at 56K and Up, page 330:
   • Instead of Rose Levy Beranbaum’s Cream Cheese Pie Crust from her addictingly finicky The Pie and Pastry Bible, I decided to make her Sour Cream Crust. 2009 July 13, Evan Kleiman, “Pie-a-Day #20 & #21: Cherry Pie and Sour Cream Ice Cream Pie”, in KCRW, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2025:

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addictively · addict · addictive · addiction