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captivatingly

adv

Etymology

From captivating + -ly.

  1. derived from *kap-<id:seize>✻
  2. derived from captīvus — “captive, prisoner”
  3. learned borrowing from captīvātus
  4. suffixed as captivating — “captivate + ing”
  5. suffixed as captivatingly — “captivating + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a captivating manner.

    • With great clarity, she steadily and captivatingly unwinds the complicated threads of her narrative, explicating formidable scholarship while keeping the twins at the fore.

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