takingly

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adverb

Attractively; fetchingly.

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Meanings

adverbtakingly (comparative more takingly, superlative most takingly)

comparative more takingly · superlative most takingly

  1. datedAttractively; fetchingly.

    They are most takingly illustrated, and each of them in itself illustrates, as all Chinese writing is intended to do, some admirable moral quality.

    1910, New-York Observer, volume 89, page 246

Origin

From taking + -ly.

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APA

takingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/takingly

MLA

“takingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/takingly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “takingly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/takingly.

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