Ensnaringly

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    So as to ensnare.

    "And yet she was ensnaringly beautiful, despite her pride and self-consciousness; radiant and certain of conquest she stood before the man who alone seemed to have neither eye nor ear for charms that had never elsewhere played her false."

Example

More examples

"And yet she was ensnaringly beautiful, despite her pride and self-consciousness; radiant and certain of conquest she stood before the man who alone seemed to have neither eye nor ear for charms that had never elsewhere played her false."

Etymology

From ensnaring + -ly.

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