Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a tempting manner; seductively; attractively; alluringly.

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  • adverb In a tempting manner.

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  • adverb in a tempting seductive manner

Etymologies

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tempting +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Sit on me…Sit on me, you lovely, filthy human, she calls temptingly.

    Flushed W. Hodding Carter 2006

  • Sit on me…Sit on me, you lovely, filthy human, she calls temptingly.

    Flushed W. Hodding Carter 2006

  • Then the Party would be in a position to be bought up with offers of government coalition .... (power would be absent, position and title temptingly apparent!)

    Another Green World 2009

  • De Vessey held up a coin temptingly before the grating.

    Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2) John Roby 1821

  • Also, that front manhole will be left kind of temptingly open, with a few chunks o 'loose coal lyin' round it, so that even a Mercer street roundsman couldn't help fallin 'into it!

    Phantom Wires A Novel Arthur Stringer 1912

  • J. now sleeps with his organic wool-and-cotton, hypoallergenic, temptingly chewable comforter.

    9-year-old child Given Marijuana for Medical Reasons 2009

  • All the things that Noodle likes, including bread, cheese, peas and fruit, are temptingly touchable, while all young readers will love the ending.

    The book doctor's recommended reads: ages 0–4 2011

  • She concluded with her arms around my neck, her face upturned to mine and temptingly close, her eyes greatly solemn and greatly promising.

    Chapter 17 2010

  • Soon, they were huddled round the strange machine, and staring at a huge, temptingly red button, in the middle of a row of five.

    The Tick-tock Box short story competition runners-up 2011

  • She sat temptingly close the entire time, drinking coffee after coffee, which was apparently her only way of staying awake.

    The Girl (Heart That’s Healing) « A Fly in Amber 2009

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