tantalizingly

1. 1.

   in a tantalizing manner

   “she smiled at him tantalizingly”

   Synonymsinvitingly

Questions about tantalizingly

What does tantalizingly mean?

tantalizingly means "in a tantalizing manner".

How many syllables are in tantalizingly?

tantalizingly has 5 syllables: tan-ta-li-zin-gly. The stress falls on "tan". In IPA it is /ˈtæntəˌlaɪzɪŋli/.

What is another word for tantalizingly?

Close synonyms include invitingly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tantalizingly a common word?

tantalizingly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.