Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a winsome manner.

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  • adverb In a winsome manner.

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  • adverb in an engaging manner

Etymologies

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winsome +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • He also produced thousands of photographs, many of them witty and provocative, such as the now-famous image of his wife-to-be, Lu Qing, winsomely lifting her skirt in Tiananmen Square, or the series drily titled Studies Of Perspective, in which the photographer gives the finger to the White House, the Eiffel Tower and other national cultural monuments.

    Ai Weiwei: the dissident artist 2011

  • She smiled winsomely at me as she stuffed the bill into her stained blue apron.

    The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • At the very center of the garden stood a circle of headless, winsomely proportioned statues that gave the garden its name.

    Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011

  • The coming clatter &the rattling of a band of freaks—winsomely ratty &sparkling of old crimson.

    THE SHIFT David Tomaloff 2011

  • As the law enforcement types, Penning and Herring pitch woo in the same gruff tones they use on the job, and cute couple Voth and Avolio, as Lynn and James, winsomely improvise a rhyme of "Commie" and "mommy" to cover up their clandestine conversations.

    Theater review: Washington Stage Guild's 'Red Herring' 2011

  • At the very center of the garden stood a circle of headless, winsomely proportioned statues that gave the garden its name.

    Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011

  • My camp outfit is at Happy Camp, and I can't very well stay here, Frona smiled winsomely, but there was no appeal in the smile; no feminine helplessness throwing itself on the strength and chivalry of the male.

    CHAPTER 3 2010

  • It has been arranged by Suzanna (the delicately beautiful Anna Madeley), a grad student in psychology who was brought up as a sister to Max — though they tumble into bed in the first scene; and by her hastily married new husband, Andrew (the winsomely handsome Vincent Montuel), a radical feminist ("Pornography makes Andrew cry," Suzanna boasts).

    A Blind Date With 'Vanity Fair' Paul Levy 2011

  • At the very center of the garden stood a circle of headless, winsomely proportioned statues that gave the garden its name.

    Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011

  • At the very center of the garden stood a circle of headless, winsomely proportioned statues that gave the garden its name.

    Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011

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