winsome
adjective
sweetly or innocently charming; winning; engaging.
winsomeness
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a word derived from
winsome.
Example Sentences
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The union of strength and winsomeness embodied by Goliath’s champion took my breath away.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
Ridley’s Viola is strong, confident and capable and the actor’s winsomeness is occasionally allowed to break through.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2021
The New York Times said she “brings her own winsomeness and vulnerability to the part.”
From Washington Times ● Mar. 17, 2015
Yet a certain winsomeness keeps trying to poke through in the Mabel-Roscoe romance.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2015
Into her face had come a look of dismay as Bee read what her father had said of the "winsomeness of the picture."
From Bee and Butterfly A Tale of Two Cousins by Lucy Foster Madison
