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Synonyms for engaging
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : en-gey-jing |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈgeɪ dʒɪŋ |
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Définition of engaging
Origin :- "interesting," 1650s (implied in engagingly), present participle adjective from engage.
- adj charming
- "If I walk with you, they'll know I'm not engaged to Joe," she said, with engaging directness.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- In spite of its pretty entourage, too, the town is not engaging.
- Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- The engaging little town is indeed one of nature's sanatoriums.
- Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- The bosom received this tribute in its most engaging manner.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- He has been in Parliament some time, you know,' returned the engaging young Barnacle.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- In short, they were regarded as men who meant to do it, engaging with other men who meant it to be done.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- These engaging gentry a Police-constable stands contemplating.
- Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
- Now, if you like, I will see to getting the offices and to engaging a solicitor.
- Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
- You know, you have only just come here, and nobody consulted me about engaging you.
- Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant
- This did not prevent it from engaging in the great Battle of Nancy and winning it.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various
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