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Definition of Arrestingly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arrestingly
Literary usage of Arrestingly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Public Speaking by Clarence Stratton, James Albert Winans (1920)
"It should be arrestingly done, so that the attention shall be aroused and held
from this announcement even until the end. A man should not declare that he ..."
2. The Cambridge History of American Literature by William Peterfield Trent (1921)
"... and upon it he could sing arrestingly if not greatly.1 Though subordinate in
genius to the greater New Eng- landers,—Emerson, Lowell, Whittier, ..."
3. Theatre Arts by Society of Arts and Crafts, Detroit (1921)
"... yet one longs ever and again for a single figure or a single effect to stand
out starkly and arrestingly. The beauty is too enveloping. ..."
4. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1836)
"But the plot is not cunningly or arrestingly devised; the characters are not
strongly contrasted ; nor does the dialogue strike the reader with those rapid ..."
5. Some Modern Novelists: Appreciations and Estimates by Helen Thomas Follett, Wilson Follett (1918)
"... adaptability, and perception of which way the wind is blowing than it does of
the arrestingly brilliant genius which, whether it can afford to or not, ..."
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