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prepossessingly

adv

Etymology

From prepossessing + -ly.

  1. derived from *sed-✻ — “to sit”
  2. derived from *pótis✻ — “master; ruler; husband”
  3. derived from possessus — “possessed; seized”
  4. derived from possesser
  5. derived from possesser
  6. inherited from possessen — “to have, own; to obtain possession of; to inhabit, occupy”
  7. prefixed as prepossess — “pre + possess”
  8. suffixed as prepossessing — “prepossess + ing”
  9. suffixed as prepossessingly — “prepossessing + ly”

Definitions

  1. in a prepossessing manner

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA