inviting

[ in-vahy-ting ]
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adjective
  1. attractive, alluring, or tempting: an inviting offer.

Origin of inviting

1
First recorded in 1580–90; invite + -ing2

Other words from inviting

  • in·vit·ing·ly, adverb
  • in·vit·ing·ness, noun

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How to use inviting in a sentence

  • Next morning four women, long-coated, tissue-veiled, watched the brown beauty roll invitingly up to Macauley's porch steps.

    Red Pepper Burns | Grace S. Richmond
  • The decanter of whiskey and glasses were still invitingly there.

    Devil's Ford | Bret Harte
  • Heidi looked at the jug that was steaming away invitingly, and ran quickly back to the cupboard.

    Heidi | Johanna Spyri
  • He strode over to an open, awninged window and dropped into an invitingly cushioned chair.

    The Tigress | Anne Warner
  • The bower was always invitingly open in the back garden; hence the bower was the regular rendezvous of the trappers.

    The Wild Man of the West | R.M. Ballantyne

British Dictionary definitions for inviting

inviting

/ (ɪnˈvaɪtɪŋ) /


adjective
  1. tempting; alluring; attractive

Derived forms of inviting

  • invitingly, adverb
  • invitingness, noun

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