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Invitingly

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.

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invitingly

adv. In an inviting manner; so as to attract; attractively.

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invitingly

adv. in a tantalizing manner; "she smiled at him tantalizingly" [syn: tantalizingly]

Usage examples of "invitingly".

I sat by her, and she leaned back beside me, eminently available, looking soft and sexy and smelling just great, her eyes sparkling invitingly in the glow of the flames aflicker in the hearth.

Her thighs were slightly apart, and she was aroused and invitingly open down there, and there peeked out dainty, glistening ruffles of soft pink, like the fluted edges of dew-damp petunia blossoms.

Jake tried to make his tone indignant, as he sidled towards the invitingly open rear doors of the car.

Many a young woman smiled at him invitingly and made it clear they could find room on their dance card for him.

But since they both knew that in this case Mato Takoza had only been fibbing, Longarm found it surprising when she insisted in proving she wasn't anywhere close to that time of the month by shoving two pillows under her brown bottom and having him hold the lamp close as she spread her legs invitingly again.

Straight ahead was the large freight elevator with its doors standing invitingly open.

The room was large and neat and another bed of futons was laid and turned back invitingly.

The signboard swung in the gusts, invitingly torchlit, its prom-ise of warmth and comfort depicted in gilt letters and a brightly painted bullfrog with a tankard.

She sank down in the rear seat and unfolded a lap robe over her knees, holding half up invitingly as her husband climbed in beside her.

As the Lord and Master of Kitten Kastle came trotting along, manila envelope under elbow, each man drew aside respectfully, with a fawning manly smile ready to pop if the ruddy, bald, sharp-bearded Satan's face should glance his way, while each girl assumed her melting ready-to-please-milord expression and thrust forward invitingly, but not at all pushingly, her lips, throat, bosom, hip, dimpled knee or whatever other portion of her anatomy she considered her chef-d'oeuvre and main strength.

Gradually thedragonriders worked their way over the rainforests, so densely, so invitingly green.

Furthermore, the invitingly textured rug showed indentations as if made by two recumbent human forms, while about a cubit above it floated two living masks as thin as silk or paper or more thin, holding the form of wickedly pretty, pert girl faces, the one rosy mauvette, the other turquoise green.

When there was still no sign of recognition from either man, Killashandra grinned, then waggled her fingers at them and brandished the wreaths invitingly.