engaging

[ en-gey-jing ]

/ ɛnˈgeɪ dʒɪŋ /

adjective

winning; attractive; pleasing: an engaging smile.

Nearby words

engaged, engaged tone, engagement, engagement calendar, engagement ring, engaging, engagé, engagée, engarland, engawa, engel

Origin of engaging

First recorded in 1665–75; engage + -ing²

SYNONYMS FOR engaging

charming, agreeable.

Related forms

en·gag·ing·ly, adverben·gag·ing·ness, nounqua·si-en·gag·ing, adjectivequa·si-en·gag·ing·ly, adverb

un·en·gag·ing, adjective

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Examples from the Web for engagingly

A day before, he and Matt Damon engagingly plugged the movie for a roomful of international journalists.
Soderbergh's Swansong|Nicole LaPorte|September 14, 2009|DAILY BEAST
"Pete has learned me and Sidney a lot," pursued Billy, engagingly.
Lin McLean|Owen Wister
Her cheeks were engagingly flushed and her lips moist when she bore the fowls into the kitchen.
The Song of the Wolf|Frank Mayer
There were times, of course, when he could be most engagingly pleasant.
The Golden Scarecrow|Hugh Walpole

With a glass before her on the table, she would prattle frankly and engagingly of the past.
A Book of Scoundrels|Charles Whibley
He stood head and shoulders above Eagle Creek, and he smiled down upon him engagingly.
Rowdy of the Cross L|B.M. Sinclair, AKA B.M. Bower

British Dictionary definitions for engagingly

engaging

/ (ɪnˈɡeɪdʒɪŋ) /

adjective

pleasing, charming, or winning

Derived Forms

engagingly, adverbengagingness, noun

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