takingly

English

Etymology

From taking +‎ -ly.

Adverb

takingly (comparative more takingly, superlative most takingly)

1. (dated) attractively; fetchingly
   • 1910, New-York Observer, volume 89, page 246:

     They are most takingly illustrated, and each of them in itself illustrates, as all Chinese writing is intended to do, some admirable moral quality.