Definitions

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  • adverb In a captivating manner.

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  • adverb in a bewitching manner

Etymologies

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captivating +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • She is captivatingly articulate about what she describes as "environmental window shopping".

    Meet the best new artists in Britain Kate Kellaway 2010

  • Albert's story is complemented by the omniscient "we" of the title, the Greek chorus of Marstal's citizenry, who captivatingly narrate much of the book.

    Going to Sea Once More Sam Sacks 2011

  • Peter Bradshaw gave five stars to the film Mysteries of Lisbon, a four-and-a-half-hour "dream-epic feature" that is "intensely and captivatingly strange".

    Readers' reviews 2011

  • It's one thing to have the ambition and guts to reinvent a genre in a way that makes it captivatingly fresh for a broad audience—it's something else entirely to have the craft to back that ambition up, network President John Landgraf said Monday in announcing the renewal.

    FX Renews American Horror Story for Season 2 2011

  • It is therefore a good thing that one of the Sebag-Montefiore family progeny (Moses and his wife Judith were, tragically, childless) has gone back to this important subject and provided us with a captivatingly brilliant portrayal of this great man's stunning life.

    David Shasha: Moses Montefiore: The Most Important Jew of the 19th Century 2010

  • He spoke captivatingly about the degree to which our senses are only the beginning of interpreting the reality we see; when someone receives a retinal transplant, they first see nothing, then white and only gradually, when the brain begins to interpret the signals, do they see shapes, colors - the world.

    Rabbi David Wolpe: Does The Universe Have A Purpose? Rabbi David Wolpe 2010

  • Snow skillfully and captivatingly describes the har-um-scarum heroic efforts to keep this lifeline going, from the now-forgotten Naval Armed Guard Service to the hasty training of sailors and merchant seamen to the amateurish efforts of private yachts in Florida ferreting out German U-boats.

    Fact And Comment 2010

  • He spoke captivatingly about the degree to which our senses are only the beginning of interpreting the reality we see; when someone receives a retinal transplant, they first see nothing, then white and only gradually, when the brain begins to interpret the signals, do they see shapes, colors - the world.

    Rabbi David Wolpe: Does The Universe Have A Purpose? Rabbi David Wolpe 2010

  • Snow skillfully and captivatingly describes the har-um-scarum heroic efforts to keep this lifeline going, from the now-forgotten Naval Armed Guard Service to the hasty training of sailors and merchant seamen to the amateurish efforts of private yachts in Florida ferreting out German U-boats.

    Measureless Masterpiece 2010

  • Snow skillfully and captivatingly describes the har-um-scarum heroic efforts to keep this lifeline going, from the now-forgotten Naval Armed Guard Service to the hasty training of sailors and merchant seamen to the amateurish efforts of private yachts in Florida ferreting out German U-boats.

    Fact And Comment 2010

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