Meanings
comparative more winningly · superlative most winningly
- In a winning manner.
The preteen stars develop an organic and winningly uncool rapport, that shared language of misfit middle-school camaraderie.
2019 August 14, A. A. Dowd, “Good Boys Puts a Tween Spin on the R-rated Teen Comedy, to Mostly Funny Effect”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 04 Mar 20211 more example
Smiling winningly, Francis described himself as an outsider, someone “from the end of the world”, who wanted to “walk together and work together” with the crowds who greeted him, rather than tell them what to do.
2025 April 21, Peter Stanford, “Pope Francis obituary”, in The Guardian
Origin
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