charmingly

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English

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Etymology

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From charming +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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charmingly (comparative more charmingly, superlative most charmingly)

  1. In a charming manner.
    • 1871, Edward Lear, The Owl and the Pussycat:
      How charmingly sweet you sing.
    • 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 52:
      This does not take into account the tens of thousands of New Yorkers who are harmlessly and charmingly insane in a peculiarly Manhattanite manner.

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