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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
inviting
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Nothing's more inviting than a plump sofa or chair.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Inside the building the atmosphere is more inviting.
▪ Nearer to hand there are inviting lake or valley towns like Riva, gateway to the Dolomites.
▪ The final fence is usually an inviting, straight forward obstacle but it can still cause problems.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Inviting

Inviting \In*vit"ing\, a. Alluring; tempting; as, an inviting amusement or prospect.

Nothing is so easy and inviting as the retort of abuse and sarcasm.
--W. Irving. -- In*vit"ing*ly, adv. -- In*vit"ing*ness, n.
--Jer. Taylor.

Inviting

Invite \In*vite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Invited; p. pr. & vb. n. Inviting.] [L. invitare: cf. F. inviter. See Vie.]

  1. To ask; to request; to bid; to summon; to ask to do some act, or go to some place; esp., to ask to an entertainment or visit; to request the company of; as, to invite to dinner, or a wedding, or an excursion.

    So many guests invite as here are writ.
    --Shak.

    I invite his Grace of Castle Rackrent to reflect on this.
    --Carlyle.

  2. To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.

    To inveigle and invite the unwary sense.
    --Milton.

    Shady groves, that easy sleep invite.
    --Dryden.

    There no delusive hope invites despair.
    --Cowper.

  3. To give occasion for; as, to invite criticism.

    Syn: To solicit; bid; call; ask; summon; allure; attract; entice; persuade.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
inviting

“attractive, alluring,” c.1600, from present participle of invite (v.).\n

Wiktionary
inviting
  1. alluring; tempting; attractive. v

  2. (present participle of invite English)

WordNet
inviting

adj. attractive and tempting; "an inviting offer" [ant: uninviting]

Usage examples of "inviting".

Proudly, the Afridi twitched back the wrappings and presented the rest of the baby to Lily, inviting her to share in the pleasure and relief that another boy had been born to the tribe.

The sheep and cattle grazing on the lawn, a rare sight in Alto Amazonas, gives a peaceful and inviting aspect to the scene.

There be passed a quiet afternoon, nursing a light fever in his bunk, thinking of Hardman and his strange southward odyssey, and of the silt banks glowing like luminous gold in the meridian sun, both forbidding and inviting, like the lost but forever beckoning and unattainable shores of the amnionic paradise.

Edith smiled a welcome, inviting Lady Appleton in with an openness that was almost enough to make her seem innocent of any crime.

King Sweyn was at this time preparing to hold such a feast before taking possession of the Danish kingdom, so it was arranged that Sweyn and Sigvaldi should make one arvel serve for them both, and Sweyn sent word to Sigvaldi inviting him with all his captains and chosen warriors to join him in Zealand, and so arrange it that the greatest possible honour should be done to the dead.

Allan Butterman to Rosie, inviting her with a hand to sit, elegant again in soft tweeds and a shirt blue as the October day.

Later that day, a message was sent to Canons Grange inviting the Hartwells to dine and spend the next afternoon at Pinnacles, so that the men might discuss the problem of the refugees in the Forest.

I have watched copulating couples moving along darkened freeways at night, men and women on the verge of orgasm, their cars speeding in a series of inviting trajectories towards the flashing headlamps of the oncoming traffic stream.

These traces of an unnatural asceticism come from the dualist ideas of the Catharists, and not from the inspired poet who sang nature and her fecundity, who made nests for doves, inviting them to multiply under the watch of God, and who imposed manual labor on his friars as a sacred duty.

Here the Inca received a message from the Sinchi or Curaca of the island of Puna with a rich present, inviting him to come to his island to receive his service.

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It was a beautiful islet with coral sand so inviting that when the boats grounded, the men and dogs sloshed through the shallow water and ran ashore.

And before long, Dolley received a note from the First Lady inviting her to tea.

He and Mingus Rude too and even Arthur Lomb for that matter are released from the paint-by-numbers page of their schooldays, from their preformatted roles as truant or victim, freed to an unspoiled summer, that inviting medium for doodling in self-transformation.

Even the shadow of the rocks made Rohana think more of snakes and scorpions than cool, inviting rest, but it was better than the burning glare of the Dryland sun at midday.