inviting
attractive, alluring, or tempting: an inviting offer.
Origin of inviting
1Other words from inviting
- in·vit·ing·ly, adverb
- in·vit·ing·ness, noun
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How to use inviting in a sentence
However, I came to believe that a companion would’ve made the space feel confining during covid times, when stepping into the hallway or walking the train is less inviting.
Aboard Amtrak’s Crescent, surprising comfort and welcome seclusion on a slow train to Mississippi | Scott Butterworth | January 1, 2021 | Washington PostIn time she found a rapidly warming countryside of forests and inviting and temperate hills.
The Big Thaw: How Russia Could Dominate a Warming World | by Abrahm Lustgarten, photography by Sergey Ponomarev | December 16, 2020 | ProPublicaBy the time I arrive at the hotel, the sun is beginning to set and my bed looks very inviting.
Martin Amis asks as he greets me in the invitingly elegant hallway of his Brooklyn brownstone.
Martin Amis Talks About Nazis, Novels, and Cute Babies | Ronald K. Fried | October 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe bar set by the competition, in other words, was invitingly low.
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. RichmondThe decanter of whiskey and glasses were still invitingly there.
Devil's Ford | Bret HarteHeidi looked at the jug that was steaming away invitingly, and ran quickly back to the cupboard.
Heidi | Johanna SpyriHe strode over to an open, awninged window and dropped into an invitingly cushioned chair.
The Tigress | Anne WarnerThe 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
/ (ɪnˈvaɪtɪŋ) /
tempting; alluring; attractive
Derived forms of inviting
- invitingly, adverb
- invitingness, noun
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