Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a bewitching, fascinating, or enchanting manner.
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- adverb poetic So as to
bewitch orenchant .
Etymologies
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Examples
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She was delighted and so be witchingly did she smile that I seemed to see the full moon showing her face from behind a cloud.
Satyricon 2007
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She was delighted and so be witchingly did she smile that I seemed to see the full moon showing her face from behind a cloud.
The Satyricon — Complete 20-66 Petronius Arbiter
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She was delighted and so be witchingly did she smile that I seemed to see the full moon showing her face from behind a cloud.
The Satyricon — Volume 05: Crotona Affairs 20-66 Petronius Arbiter
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But there was that in her eyes which witchingly bespoke the conquered, but not the conqueror.
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Once again her eyes met the eyes of the Founder and sparkled witchingly.
The Primrose Ring Ruth Sawyer 1925
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She was beautiful at the moment, and as she lifted her eyes to his something in their shining depths spoke witchingly to the youth of nineteen, untrained in ways of feminine coquetry.
Winning the Wilderness Margaret Hill McCarter 1899
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The pretty face was full of dreamy tenderness, the eyes lit up witchingly.
The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes Israel Zangwill 1895
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The pretty face was full of dreamy tenderness, the eyes lit up witchingly.
Merely Mary Ann Israel Zangwill 1895
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Still, it was all part of his self-imposed penance, thought he, with a grave, quiet smile, as Hogan was helping him to dress, and the strains of the dance music came floating witchingly over the parade.
Marion's Faith. Charles King 1888
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She is very good looking -- strong and lithe and tall, with a cloud of handsome hair that glistens like bronze; large dreamy eyes that flash and scintillate witchingly; a handsome, pouting, ruddy mouth; while her neck, white and statuesque, crowns the full bosom of a goddess.
Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures. Abraham H. Hummel 1887
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