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Word: Tantalizingly
Speech Type: Adverb
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈtantəlʌɪzɪŋli
Dialects: British English
Definition:
in a way that torments or teases with the sight or promise of something unobtainable
Short Definition:with sight or promise of something unobtainable
Examples:- a solution seemed tantalizingly close
- the palace is tantalizingly hidden by trees
- tantalizingly, there is a reference in a letter to a recent visit by an English lord
Variant Forms:
- tantalisingly
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