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Grammar : Adv
Spell : win-ing
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɪn ɪŋ



Definition of winningly

  • As in nicely : adv in a welcome manner
  • As in politely : adv thoughtfully
Example sentences :
  • Kellogg could talk, Heaven alone knew how winningly he could talk!
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • Altogether spring was to be seen and heard and felt, winningly insistent.
  • Extract from : « The Rose Garden Husband » by Margaret Widdemer
  • "I thought I would take the liberty of intruding on you," she said most winningly.
  • Extract from : « Jennie Gerhardt » by Theodore Dreiser
  • Yet he does it so winningly—that's the word, I think—that any jury would acquit him.
  • Extract from : « William Adolphus Turnpike » by William Banks
  • With all such he was most winningly tender, most intelligently patient.
  • Extract from : « Literary Friends And Acquaintances » by William Dean Howells
  • "The amateur accompaniment is very painful," he said winningly.
  • Extract from : « Cynthia » by Leonard Merrick
  • He beckoned to them to come nearer, most winningly—but they gaily shook their heads.
  • Extract from : « Herland » by Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman
  • “I promise to be good,” and she smiled so winningly that the nurse gave in.
  • Extract from : « Nan Sherwood's Summer Holidays » by Annie Roe Carr
  • And I may add that she was the most winningly dignified person I have ever known.
  • Extract from : « Chapters from My Autobiography » by Mark Twain
  • His face, flushed with fever, was winningly boyish and frank.
  • Extract from : « The Last Shot » by Frederick Palmer

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