disarmingly

[dis-ahrm-ing-lee]

adverb

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

Example Sentences

Leave it to Disney to make a giant snake look disarmingly adorable and to Quan to match that energy with his warm vocal performance.

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Baking with yeast can sound intimidating, but this dough is disarmingly forgiving.

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

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On the flip side, O’Brien’s Roman may not possess the sharpness of “the brightest tool in the shed” as he erroneously says, but his disarmingly endearing lack of malice enthralls the more cynical Dennis.

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Her voice was disarmingly vibrant; her words tumbled out in vivid colors, textures.

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