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Synonyms for bewitchingly
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : bih-wich-ing |
| Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈwɪtʃ ɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for bewitchingly
Définition of bewitchingly
Origin :- c.1200, biwicchen, from be- + Old English wiccian "to enchant, to practice witchcraft" (see witch). Literal at first, figurative sense of "to fascinate" is from 1520s. *Bewiccian may well have existed in Old English, but it is not attested. Related: Bewitched; bewitching; bewitchingly.
- As in beautifully : adv in an attractive or pleasing manner
- Joyce clung to Jack's arm, bewitchingly helpless and dependent.
- Extract from : « The Highgrader » by William MacLeod Raine
- She is bewitchingly pretty, but that only makes her case the more perplexing.
- Extract from : « The Tyranny of the Dark » by Hamlin Garland
- Brilliana stared upon him, bewitchingly unembarrassed by the charge.
- Extract from : « The Lady of Loyalty House » by Justin Huntly McCarthy
- She smiled up at him bewitchingly, and he melted, for he adored her still.
- Extract from : « The Scarlet Feather » by Houghton Townley
- He could not help the look behind him, she sat so bewitchingly on horseback!
- Extract from : « Diana of the Crossways, Complete » by George Meredith
- The hillsides, the woods, the fjord -- all were so bewitchingly fair and so dear to us.
- Extract from : « The South Pole, Volumes 1 and 2 » by Roald Amundsen
- And, my word, what a soap she used, a bewitchingly scented soap.
- Extract from : « My Austrian Love » by Maxime Provost
- And that lady in the camel's-hair shawl—how bewitchingly lovable she surely was!
- Extract from : « The Pace That Kills » by Edgar Saltus
- Therefore, to attract you to her drawing-room, she will be bewitchingly charming.
- Extract from : « Another Study of Woman » by Honore de Balzac
- She lifts her eyebrows half incredulously, all bewitchingly.
- Extract from : « Spanish Highways and Byways » by Katharine Lee Bates
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