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Definition of Beguilingly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beguilingly
Literary usage of Beguilingly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. George Eliot's Works by George Eliot (1894)
"But indefinite visions of ambition are weak against the ease of doing what is
habitual or beguilingly agreeable; and we all know the difficulty of carrying ..."
2. On Contemporary Literature by Stuart Pratt Sherman (1917)
"He has been as beguilingly various in the moods and forms of his personal effusions
as in the matter and manner of his ostensibly objective prose fiction. ..."
3. The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells (1920)
"The Prophet beamed beguilingly. " Aha," he answered, smilingly, " You feel the
need of company? I clearly understand. We'll speedily create for you The ..."
4. The Yellow Book: An Illustrated Quarterly (1894)
"... in short only less beguilingly than Frank Saltram talked to his electors ;
with the difference in our favour, however, that we had already voted and ..."
5. On Contemporary Literature by Stuart Pratt Sherman (1917)
"He has been as beguilingly various in the moods and forms of his personal effusions
as in the matter and manner of his ostensibly objective prose fiction. ..."
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