adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In a charming way; enchantingly; fascinatingly; delightfully.

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1610.  Shaks., Temp., IV. i. 118. A most maiesticke vision, and Harmonious charmingly.

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1611.  Cotgr., Enchanteusement, charmingly, inchauntingly.

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1695.  Ld. Preston, Boeth., III. 154, note. Orpheus … was said to play so charmingly, that the Woods and Stones moved, [etc.].

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17[?].  Mrs. Delany, Corr. (1861), III. 359. That has a good effect, and is charmingly painted.

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1815.  Jane Austen, Emma, i. We all behaved charmingly.

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1882.  A. W. Ward, Dickens, iii. 56. Charmingly true to nature.

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