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enchantingly en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ɪnˈt͡ʃæntɪŋli/ (US)
  • /ɪnˈtʃɑːntɪŋliː/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree English enchanting Middle English -ly English -ly English enchantingly From enchanting + -ly.

Meanings

  1. In an enchanting manner
    • And Music;—hast thou felt that howsoe’er / Her mastering preludes march upon the air,— / With whatso gladness her full stream she flings / Tumultuous thro’ the swirl of terrene things,— / Though she awhile, when the airy notes have flown, / Encompass all men’s passion in her own, / Till ‘ye who know what thing Love is’ can see / His wings in the air vibrate enchantingly[…] 1882, Frederic W[illiam] H[enry] Myers, “The Renewal of Youth”, in The Renewal of Youth and Other Poems, London: Macmillan and Co., part II, pages 223–224, lines 401–410:
    • Across a black-and-white Spain combining the modern (car dumps, shopping streets) with the historical (castles, windmills medieval hilltop towns), Quixote and Sancha trek and tilt and chatter and grandiloquise, enchantingly incarnated by Francisco Rigueira and Akim Tamiroff and dubbed, in both cases, by Welles himself (!) 1986 May 23, Nigel Andrews, “The Go-Glo boys come to Cannes”, in Financial Times, number 29,936, London, page 23, column 3:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more enchantingly Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most enchantingly Degree=Sup lexicographic

Translations (2)

pt encantadoramente (in an enchanting manner) · hu elbűvölően (in an enchanting manner)