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
Both films are disarmingly earnest studies of the prevalence and importance of memory in lives steeped in grief.
From Salon ● May 25, 2026
From a distance, her Chanel outfit looked disarmingly simple: a sheer zip-up jacket and what appeared to be a pair of low-slung jeans.
From BBC ● May 9, 2026
Some, like Colombian artist Delcy Morelos, have devised powerful sculpture from disarmingly unstable ingredients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026
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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