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Definition of Tantalizingly
1. Adverb. In a tantalizing manner. "She smiled at him tantalizingly"
Definition of Tantalizingly
1. adv. In a tantalizing or teasing manner.
Definition of Tantalizingly
1. Adverb. In a tantalizing manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tantalizingly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tantalizingly
Literary usage of Tantalizingly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Watch Yourself Go by by Alfred Griffith Field (1912)
"Tardily, leisurely and tantalizingly mounting Black Fan, taking Alfred up behind
him, he headed the mare in the opposite direction from home. ..."
2. A History of Ireland: From the Relief of Londonderry in 1689, to the by John Graham (1839)
"Their delusive reprieve was quashed and most tantalizingly frustrated, under the
pretence that their friends who had * Among the prisoners with Sir Thomas ..."
3. The Book of Boston by Robert Shackleton (1916)
"... in spite of the fact that its great central tower is tantalizingly remindful
of that of Tewksbury and that its little outside stairway is tantalizingly ..."
4. The Book of Boston by Robert Shackleton (1916)
"... in spite of the fact that its great central tower is tantalizingly remindful
of that of Tewksbury and that its little outside stairway is tantalizingly ..."
5. The Book of Boston by Robert Shackleton (1916)
"... in spite of the fact that its great central tower is tantalizingly remindful
of that of Tewksbury and that its little outside stairway is tantalizingly ..."
6. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"227. tantalizingly ... In a tantalizing manner; by tantalizing. Both of them [geysers]
remained tantalizingly quiet. ..."
7. The Standard Illustrated Book of Facts: A Comprehensive Survey of the World by Harry Thurston Peck, Auld, Robert Campbell McCombie (1912)
"He has written a number of plays, many of which are tantalizingly brilliant and
effective In parts, but just as tantalizingly inefficient as dramatic ..."
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