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charmingly

/ˈtʃɑɹmɪŋɫi/ adv

In a charming manner.

Word Origin Charm comes from Latin 'carmen' 'song, incantation' — originally, a charm was a magic spell sung or recited. Charmingly means in a delightful, enchanting manner. The same root gives us enchant (to put under a spell), incantation (a spell), and accent (a song added to speech). The PIE root *kan- 'to sing' also gives us chant and cantor. So a charming person originally cast a spell with their voice.

adv In a charming manner.

She smiled charmingly as she welcomed the guests.

(副词) 迷人地；可爱地；妩媚地

她迷人地微笑着迎接客人。

(adverbio) encantadoramente; de manera encantadora; graciosamente; simpáticamente [De manera encantadora.]

Sonrió con encanto al recibir a los invitados.

(adverbe) avec charme; charmement; de manière charmante [De façon charmante, avec grâce et séduction.]

Elle a souri charmingly en accueillant les invités.

(Adverb) charmant; liebenswürdig; reizend [Auf eine anziehende, liebenswürdige oder gewinnende Art und Weise, die Sympathie oder Bewunderung hervorruft.]

Sie lächelte **charmingly**, als sie die Gäste begrüßte.

(副詞) 魅力的な方法で、人を引きつける様子で。

彼女はゲストを歓迎する際に、魅力的に微笑んだ。

(advérbio) encantadoramente; graciosamente; de modo cativante [De maneira encantadora.]

Ela sorriu de forma encantadora enquanto recebia os convidados.

Synonyms: delightfully pleasantly appealingly attractively enchantingly winningly engagingly captivatingly Antonyms: unpleasantly repulsively offensively disgustingly
Word parts: charm + ing + ly

Common collocations

be verb of prep in prep to prep smile verb as prep with prep have verb

Related words

charmer charmless enchantment

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