enticingly


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en·tice

 (ĕn-tīs′)
tr.v. en·ticed, en·tic·ing, en·tic·es
To attract (someone), usually to do something, by arousing hope, interest, or desire: The good review enticed me to see the movie. See Synonyms at lure.

[Middle English enticen, from Old French enticier, to instigate, possibly from Vulgar Latin *intītiāre, to set afire : Latin in-, in; see en-1 + Latin tītiō, firebrand.]

en·tice′ment n.
en·tic′er n.
en·tic′ing·ly adv.
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Translations

enticingly

[ɪnˈtaɪsɪŋlɪ] ADVatractivamente, de manera atractiva
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

enticingly

advverlockend, verführerisch; the wine is enticingly aromaticder Wein hat ein verlockendes Aroma; they have an enticingly simple way of lifesie haben einen beneidenswert einfachen Lebensstil
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

enticingly

[ɪnˈtaɪsɪŋlɪ] advin modo allettante
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
References in classic literature ?
A worried aide-de-camp ran up to the Rostovs requesting them to stand farther back, though as it was they were already close to the wall, and from the gallery resounded the distinct, precise, enticingly rhythmical strains of a waltz.
The day was enticingly beautiful, and the tide was on the ebb.
"Take your leap into the next world, and make the woman whom you love take it with you!" While I was still looking at her, while my last words to her faltered on my lips, the horrible facilities for the perpetration of the double crime revealed themselves enticingly to my view.
The day's home baking sits enticingly on a table, underlining the Riverside's status as a coffee house as well as a pub and restaurant.
One thing that doesn't change is the number of Easter eggs that lurk enticingly on our kitchen counter for weeks afterwards.
The novel is enticingly bitter at times, juxtaposing sharp images against pastel-sentimental landscapes.
The beginning is enticingly titled, 'This is not the Beginning'.
Participants will pass all of Muscat's major monuments, such as the Royal Opera House, Muttrah Gate and Corniche, the Al Bustan Palace, and the enticingly fast Wadi Al Kabir Road.
It does have soft, aromatic white peach fruit but supplements it enticingly with zippy grapefruit acidity and more depth than it (modestly) claims on the label.
All of them are well-run and profitable, but they also suffer from similar shortcomings - small markets where the formerly enticingly high profitability is melting and the environment is saturated and at the same time unstable from a political and regulatory point of view.
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The gifts you have bought are carefully wrapped and waiting enticingly under the tree.