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arrestingly

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[uh-rest-ing-lee] / əˈrɛst ɪŋ li /

adverb

  1. in a way that captures or arrests attention or interest.


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Rolling Stone hailed "Lux" as "a truly timeless work of art", while music magazine NME called it "arrestingly beautiful".

From Barron's • Nov. 7, 2025

What I did know was that Beverly’s extremely simple recipe yielded an arrestingly good bowl of soup.

From Salon • Jan. 16, 2025

Given what Mica Levi does so arrestingly, that may not be necessary.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2023

It begins arrestingly with Sheppard and Lawson airborne in their wheelchairs, floating and spinning like astronauts in low gravity.

From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2022

I can see what Megan saw in him, and it’s not just that he’s arrestingly handsome.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

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