endearingly

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en·dear·ing

(ĕn-dîr′ĭng)

adj.

Inspiring affection or warm sympathy: the endearing charm of a little child.

en·dear′ing·ly adv.

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Adv.

endearingly - in an adorable manner; "the toddler behaved adorably"

adorably

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endearingly

[ɪnˈdɪərɪŋlɪ] ADV [say, smile] → de manera encantadora
he is endearingly shy/eccentric → es encantadoramente tímido/excéntrico

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

endearingly

[ɪnˈdɪərɪŋli] adv
to be endearingly eccentric → être d'une excentricité attachante
There was something endearingly innocent about him → Il était d'une innocence attachante.

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

endearingly

adv → liebenswert; smile → gewinnend

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

endearingly

[ɪnˈdɪərɪŋlɪ] adv (see adj) → in modo accattivante, simpaticamente

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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My mother now represented the one interest that held me nobly and endearingly to life.

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While his wife--well, by those who knew her best she was endearingly termed "The Mother of the Gracchi." Needless to state, this inexplicable will was a nine day's wonder; but the expectant public was disappointed in that no contest was made.

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Both Velasquez and Alcasid look focused counting the coins Nate (whom they endearingly call Boo) saved.

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Endearingly drawn Harbet wears the warm and cosy hat 'his Nana knitted for him when he was little'.

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"Rarely has a movie been so endearingly earnest without ever overplaying its hand."

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Centered around a linguist's astonishing survival after a balloon crash and the bizarre events that follow, The Weaver Fish is mysterious and endearingly eccentric.

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Inspired by her own family life, though not strictly autobiographical, Meghie's endearingly acerbic debut feature is a work of modest ambition and commercial outlook, but that modesty proves intrinsic to its appeal.