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CHARMING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers
Example:
wizardly powers
Synonyms:
charming; magic; magical; sorcerous; witching; wizard; wizardly
Classified under:
Similar:
supernatural (not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Pleasing or delighting
Example:
a charming personality
Classified under:
Similar:
pleasing (giving pleasure and satisfaction)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb charm
Context examples:
Romantically, you will be at your charming best once love-me Venus enters air-sign Aquarius, from December 19 to January 13.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Then he heard a song, which was so charming that he stood still and listened.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
"And Sir John too," cried the elder sister, "what a charming man he is!"
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Men at his time of life do not change all their habits and exchange willingly the charming climate of Florida for the lonely life of an English provincial town.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Yes, that is a place, indeed, and we had a charming day there.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
The gentle words of Agatha and the animated smiles of the charming Arabian were not for me.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
The sight of so many good-humoured faces (especially the blacks), the taste of the tropical fruits, and above all the lights that began to shine in the town made a most charming contrast to our dark and bloody sojourn on the island; and the doctor and the squire, taking me along with them, went ashore to pass the early part of the night.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
The effect was charming.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
It is true that for some years, absorbed as I have been in affairs of the highest importance, I have seldom taken a pen in hand, for which I can assure you that I have been reproached by many des plus charmantes of your charming sex.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Her husband was really deserving of her; independent of his peerage, his wealth, and his attachment, being to a precision the most charming young man in the world.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
