challenging
adjective
offering a challenge; testing one's ability, endurance, etc.
challengingly
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a word derived from
challenging.
Example Sentences
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Our childhood was rich and remarkable, though its reality was challengingly remote as well as extremely dependent on the seasons and the bounty of the land and sea.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 28, 2020
If you get close and try to read the instructions, which are printed on the boards in challengingly small fonts, it can all get a bit confounding.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2019
In the other image, he stares challengingly at the camera.
From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2016
Fortunately, this graceful production captures more than enough of this challengingly frolicsome yet ultimately piercing play to win us over.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2016
"Yeah, that's what I asked you," he said challengingly.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
