Antonyms for bewitchingly


Grammar : Adv
Spell : bih-wich-ing
Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈwɪtʃ ɪŋ


Definition of bewitchingly

Origin :
  • c.1200, biwicchen, from be- + Old English wiccian "to enchant, to practice witchcraft" (see witch). Literal at first, figurative sense of "to fascinate" is from 1520s. *Bewiccian may well have existed in Old English, but it is not attested. Related: Bewitched; bewitching; bewitchingly.
  • As in beautifully : adv in an attractive or pleasing manner
Example sentences :
  • Joyce clung to Jack's arm, bewitchingly helpless and dependent.
  • Extract from : « The Highgrader » by William MacLeod Raine
  • She is bewitchingly pretty, but that only makes her case the more perplexing.
  • Extract from : « The Tyranny of the Dark » by Hamlin Garland
  • Brilliana stared upon him, bewitchingly unembarrassed by the charge.
  • Extract from : « The Lady of Loyalty House » by Justin Huntly McCarthy
  • She smiled up at him bewitchingly, and he melted, for he adored her still.
  • Extract from : « The Scarlet Feather » by Houghton Townley
  • He could not help the look behind him, she sat so bewitchingly on horseback!
  • Extract from : « Diana of the Crossways, Complete » by George Meredith
  • The hillsides, the woods, the fjord -- all were so bewitchingly fair and so dear to us.
  • Extract from : « The South Pole, Volumes 1 and 2 » by Roald Amundsen
  • And, my word, what a soap she used, a bewitchingly scented soap.
  • Extract from : « My Austrian Love » by Maxime Provost
  • And that lady in the camel's-hair shawl—how bewitchingly lovable she surely was!
  • Extract from : « The Pace That Kills » by Edgar Saltus
  • Therefore, to attract you to her drawing-room, she will be bewitchingly charming.
  • Extract from : « Another Study of Woman » by Honore de Balzac
  • She lifts her eyebrows half incredulously, all bewitchingly.
  • Extract from : « Spanish Highways and Byways » by Katharine Lee Bates

Synonyms for bewitchingly

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