takingly

English

Etymology

From taking +‎ -ly.

Adverb

takingly (comparative more takingly, superlative most takingly)

  1. (dated) attractively; fetchingly
    • 1910, New-York Observer, volume 89, page 246:
      They are most takingly illustrated, and each of them in itself illustrates, as all Chinese writing is intended to do, some admirable moral quality.
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