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bewitchingly en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English bewitching Middle English -ly English -ly English bewitchingly From bewitching + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a bewitching manner.
   • Julie was beautiful, bewitchingly beautiful—a painter's fancy [...] 1877, Spoken in Anger., volume 3, Tinsley Brothers, →OCLC, →OL, page 26:
   • In her aspect, manners, voice, there is something bewitchingly attractive; her countenance, [...] 1808, Sarah Harriet Burney, Geraldine Fauconberg, →OCLC, →OL, page 176:
   • Her countenance has been in frequent varied phraseology described as bewitchingly lovely. 1893, James Adams, Burns's "Chloris”, Morison Brothers, →LCCN, →OL, page 25:
   • Of all that the sky presents there is perhaps no one object so bewitchingly beautiful as the evening star at its largest phasis. 1844, Warren Burton, The Scenery-shower, with Word-paintings of the Beautiful, …, William D. Ticknor & Co., →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 107:
   • All he kept saying was, “Darling, I’ve got a big surprise for you,” at which she blushed and smiled bewitchingly. 1983, Blanche Knott, Truly Tasteless Jokes Two, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 63:
   • Why, her place was famous for the beauty of her maidens, and every one of them danced and sang more bewitchingly than the fairies themselves. 1904, Onoto Watanna, A Japanese Nightingale, Archibald Constable & Co Ltd, →OCLC, →OL, page 192:
   • I thought her bewitchingly pretty, and wanted to possess her; [...] 1875, W.C. Russell, Jilted! Or, my Uncle's Scheme, volume 3, Sampson Low, page 60:
   • And here was a man, decidedly good-looking—Jane and Susan Green call him bewitchingly handsome—I suppose they're two of the ladies he pretends would [...] 1847, Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights, Smith, Elder & Co., page 401:

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