disarmingly
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Jolie herself has met impasses like this her entire life, and it’s that air of empathy that makes “Couture” so disarmingly intimate.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026
Banton is disarmingly human - a welcome trait within the current set-up.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026
The film sensitively and disarmingly refuses to other the subculture at its core — a clever way of making the particular feel universal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026
Even Mr. Kuitenbrouwer is sometimes disarmingly perplexed by his reverence for all things related to maple syrup.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025
But before the grandeur and intricacy of Nature, he was, like Ptolemy and Kepler, exhilarated as well as disarmingly modest.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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