Synonyms:
engaging, piquant
Meaning: attracting or delighting; "an engaging frankness"; "a piquant face with large appealing eyes"
Usage examples
Something curiously suggestive and engaging
'What?' she asked in an engaging manner of invitation to confidence.
A certain flabbiness of fiber prevents the contemplated object from gripping him and engaging him in action.
When we were close to him, he deigned to see us and asked us, in a tone anything but engaging, whether we wanted anything.
A young lady, in the act of tormenting a guitar strung about her neck by a couple of yards of blue ribbon, is not half so engaging.
Next morning the Delphic priestess discovered the infant, and was so charmed by his engaging appearance that she adopted him as her own son.
He could not go far wrong in following his uncle's footsteps, and engaging himself awhile with the carcases that contained the scholar souls.
Our desire, in engaging in this argument, is to turn the thought and love of the world from a mythical being, to humanity, which is both real and present.
In spite of her grief her demeanour was lively and engaging, and her smile particularly attractive, lighting up her whole face in the most fascinating manner.
This garment, like those worn by wealthy Chinese when in native costume, distinguished the rich or the nobility, who were not under the necessity of engaging in manual labor.