charmingly

English

Etymology

charming +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

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Adverb

charmingly (comparative more charmingly, superlative most charmingly)

1. In a charming manner.
   • 1871, Edward Lear, The Owl and the Pussycat:

     How charmingly sweet you sing.

   • 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 52:

     This does not take into account the tens of thousands of New Yorkers who are harmlessly and charmingly insane in a peculiarly Manhattanite manner.

Translations

in a charming manner

• Catalan: encantadorament
• Finnish: hurmaavasti (fi), viehättävästi (fi)
• Hungarian: elbűvölően
• Portuguese: encantadoramente
• Spanish: encantadoramente (es)