arrestingly

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English

Etymology

From arresting +‎ -ly.

Adverb

arrestingly (comparative more arrestingly, superlative most arrestingly)

  1. In a way or to an extent that is arresting; so as to catch the attention suddenly.
    She was arrestingly beautiful.
    • 2009 January 14, Ben Brantley, Jason Zinoman, “In Festival, Biography, Beckett and Blues”, in New York Times:
      The tag still fits the arrestingly paradoxical presence of this performance artist []

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