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tantalizingly

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tan·ta·lize  (tnt-lz)
tr.v. tan·ta·lized, tan·ta·liz·ing, tan·ta·liz·es
To excite (another) by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach.

[From Latin Tantalus, Tantalus; see Tantalus.]

tanta·li·zation (-l-zshn) n.
tanta·lizer n.
tanta·lizing·ly adv.
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Adv.1.tantalizingly - in a tantalizing manner; "she smiled at him tantalizingly"
Translations
tantalizingly [ˈtæntəlaɪzɪŋlɪ] ADV the chocolate biscuits beckoned tantalizinglylas galletas de chocolate se ofrecían tentadoras, las galletas de chocolate estaban diciendo "cómeme"
we came tantalizingly close to victorytuvimos la victoria casi en nuestras manos
tantalizingly
advverlockend, verführerisch; success was tantalizingly closeder Erfolg schien zum Greifen nahe
tantalizingly [ˈtæntəˌlaɪzɪŋlɪ] advin modo allettante
we were tantalizingly close to victory → eravamo così vicino alla vittoria
tantalizingly [ˈtæntəˌlaɪzɪŋlɪ] advin modo allettante
we were tantalizingly close to victory → eravamo così vicino alla vittoria


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she called from the veranda, and as she went down the steps her rippling laughter drifted tantalizingly back through the wide doorway.
But while I looked at him his former aspect, so subtly inhuman, so tantalizingly familiar, crept back into his big eyes, repellant and attractive.
Though his progress seemed tantalizingly slow to the ape-man whose idea of speed had been gained by such standards as the lesser apes attain, he made, as a matter of fact, almost as rapid progress as the drifting canoe that bore Rokoff on ahead of him, so that he came to the bay and within sight of the ocean just after darkness had fallen upon the same day that Jane Clayton and the Russian ended their flights from the interior.
 
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