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Enticingly

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en·tice  (n-ts)
tr.v. en·ticed, en·tic·ing, en·tic·es
To attract by arousing hope or desire; lure: The promise of higher pay enticed me into the new job. See Synonyms at lure.
[Middle English enticen, from Old French enticier, to instigate, possibly from Vulgar Latin *inttire, to set afire : Latin in-, in; see en-1 + Latin tti, firebrand.]
en·ticement n.
en·ticer n.
en·ticing·ly adv.
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A worried aide-de-camp ran up to the Rostovs requesting them to stand farther back, though as it was they were already close to the wall, and from the gallery resounded the distinct, precise, enticingly rhythmical strains of a waltz.
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The day was enticingly beautiful, and the tide was on the ebb.
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While I was still looking at her, while my last words to her faltered on my lips, the horrible facilities for the perpetration of the double crime revealed themselves enticingly to my view.
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