rav·ish·ing

(răv′ĭ-shĭng)

adj.

Extremely attractive; entrancing.

rav′ish·ing·ly adv.

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Adv.

ravishingly - in a ravishing manner or to a ravishing degree; "she was ravishingly beautiful"

Translations

بصورةٍ فاتِنَه

úchvatně

betagende

hinreißend

elragadóan

á töfrandi hátt

úchvatne

büyüleyici bir şekilde

引人入胜地极其美丽地

ravishingly

[ˈrævɪʃɪŋlɪ] ADV → encantadoramente
ravishingly beautiful → enormemente bello

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

ravishingly

adv beautiful → hinreißend, atemberaubend; dressed, decorated → atemberaubend schön

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

ravishingly

[ˈrævɪʃɪŋlɪ] adv ravishingly beautiful → di incantevole bellezza

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

ravishing

(ˈrӕviʃiŋ) adjective

extremely delightful; very lovely. She looks ravishing tonight.

ˈravishingly adverb

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References in classic literature

But when the whole class was here assembled, childlike heads were seen among this bevy of young girls, ravishingly pure and virgin, faces with lips half-opened, through which shone spotless teeth, and on which a virgin smile was flickering.

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"A ravishingly lovely lady, who exclaimed, with a cry of rapture, `At last!

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They went up the great staircase, one step at a time; at the top of it there gleamed at them out of the shadows the figure of a nymph crouching by a fountain, a figure ravishingly beautiful, the flesh warm and glowing with the hues of life.

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'Is that all thy trouble?' The plan rose fully formed in Kim's mind, and he smiled ravishingly.

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Glenarm put out a little hand, ravishingly clothed in a blush-colored glove, and laid it on the athlete's mighty arm.

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Malaika looked ravishingly hot as she turned the showstopper for the debutant Diya Rajvvir.

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That's how the West Pennine Moors were for me, in certain moods, though they could also be ravishingly beautiful.

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When the house was being built and we were at work, a ravishingly beautiful girl, Sitra happened to pass by the way.

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And he finds a new man to reckon with -- Uday, whom Biwi has managed to attract, even though he has a lover in Suhani, a dancer portrayed by a ravishingly beautiful Chitrangada Singh.

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STX comedy "I Feel Pretty," starring Amy Schumer as a self-conscious woman who suffers a head injury and then sees herself as ravishingly beautiful, was fourth at $5.1 million.

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The Telegraph described her performance as 'ravishingly poetic playing.' She is also the translator of Susan Tomes's book 'Out of Silence,' a pianist's yearbook that has been reprinted several times.

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