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disarmingly

American

[dis-ahrm-ing-lee] / dɪsˈɑrm ɪŋ li /

adverb

in a way that disarms, or encourages people to feel less defensive, afraid, hostile, etc.

Example Sentences

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A dizzyingly beautiful one and a disarmingly talented one — with all the accompanying cunning, love complexity and joy it means to be human.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026

Mr. Lloyd ends the album with a disarmingly soft-spoken version of Leonard Bernstein’s “Somewhere.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

Another, the disarmingly sweet Uncle Bobby’s Wedding, shows a young girl coming to terms with the marriage of her uncle, who is gay.

From Slate • Jul. 1, 2025

She has a knack for holding a feeling so gently that it can be examined without corruption, a method of narrative writing that feels disarmingly intimate.

From Salon • May 2, 2025

The caustic laxative worked so well that Hawley marketed it commercially under the disarmingly innocuous name Slim Jim.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

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