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  • adverb So as to beckon or call near; enticingly.

Etymologies

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beckoning +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Try sitting at a bar, enjoying a pint, and completely ignoring the salty, crunchy peanuts sitting beckoningly in the bowl right in front of you.

    The Flex Diet M.D. James Beckerman 2011

  • Try sitting at a bar, enjoying a pint, and completely ignoring the salty, crunchy peanuts sitting beckoningly in the bowl right in front of you.

    The Flex Diet M.D. James Beckerman 2011

  • And the more we ignore the high hidden costs that lurk behind those beckoningly low supermarket price-tags, the more we will remain in the dark about the potential for animal factory farming to one day come back and bite us all in our collective, blissful behinds.

    David Kirby: NPR Compares Animal Factory to Sinclair and Schlosser 2010

  • And the more we ignore the high hidden costs that lurk behind those beckoningly low supermarket price-tags, the more we will remain in the dark about the potential for animal factory farming to one day come back and bite us all in our collective, blissful behinds.

    David Kirby: NPR Compares Animal Factory to Sinclair and Schlosser David Kirby 2010

  • He saw a taxi moving towards him, orange sign beckoningly lit.

    It's October, 1956. Shelagh Power-Chopra 2010

  • And the more we ignore the high hidden costs that lurk behind those beckoningly low supermarket price-tags, the more we will remain in the dark about the potential for animal factory farming to one day come back and bite us all in our collective, blissful behinds.

    NPR Compares Animal Factory to Sinclair and Schlosser 2010

  • As this remarkable photo encapsulates, Vampira was more than a horror host: she was a genuine pop cultural icon whose original, beckoningly deathly look left what is likely to be a permanent impression on her world.

    Archive 2008-01-06 2008

  • As this remarkable photo encapsulates, Vampira was more than a horror host: she was a genuine pop cultural icon whose original, beckoningly deathly look left what is likely to be a permanent impression on her world.

    Vampira: Too Cool for the Graveyard 2008

  • He saw a taxi moving towards him, orange sign beckoningly lit.

    Boiling a Frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2005

  • He saw a taxi moving towards him, orange sign beckoningly lit.

    Boiling a frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000

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