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Winningly

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win·ning  (wnng)
adj.
1.
a. Of or relating to the act of winning: drew the winning number in the lottery.
b. Successful; victorious: the winning entry; the winning team.
2. Attractive; charming: a winning personality; a winning smile.
n.
1. The act of one that wins; victory.
2. Something won, especially money. Often used in the plural.
3. A section of a mine that has been recently prepared or opened for working.
winning·ly adv.
winning·ness n.
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One is apt, I believe, to connect assurance of manner with coquetry, and to expect that an impudent address will naturally attend an impudent mind; at least I was myself prepared for an improper degree of confidence in Lady Susan; but her countenance is absolutely sweet, and her voice and manner winningly mild.
Lady Susan by Austen, Jane View in context
He, who was sheer bladed steel in the imperious flashing of his will, could swashbuckle and bully like any over-seas roisterer, or wheedle as wickedly winningly as the first woman out of Eden or the last woman of that descent.
Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context
Our correspondent naively says that even Ellen Terry could not be so winningly attractive as some of these grubby-faced little children pretend, and even imagine themselves, to be.
Dracula by Stoker, Bram View in context
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