Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: inviting
IPA transcription: [,ɪnv'aɪtɪŋ]
Pronunciations of inviting
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: inviting
    Meaning: attractive and tempting; "an inviting offer"
Usage examples
  • Or was the vault under the chancel of Gateshead Church an inviting bourne?
  • Hesper was no sooner in London, than she wrote to Mary, inviting her to go and visit her.
  • It is very important to know how to prepare their food in an inviting manner; every thing should be perfectly clean and nice.
  • "Number one doesn't sound very inviting," said Rob, with a sour grimace. "Who is your number two?" Lloyd held out the second envelope.
  • The result of these shades was a dazzling pleasure party which took place on the following Sunday, the four young men inviting the four young girls.
  • The pathways of cliffs ordinarily imply a not very inviting declivity; they offer themselves less as a road than as a fall; they sink rather than incline.
  • I often heard them repeat the word "assai," and from their gestures I understood they were inviting me to go ashore, an invitation I felt obliged to decline.
  • I think myself extremely fortunate in having secured him. The chief reason, however, of my inviting him here was, that my poor mother might be properly taken care of.
  • On the same day the Chief of Police came to Pierre, inviting him to send a representative to the Faceted Palace to recover things that were to be returned to their owners that day.
  • She had three children of her own to bring, besides she was intimately acquainted with a young man and a young woman, both slaves, to whom she felt that it would be safe to confide her plans with a view of inviting them to accompany her.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Edgar Allan Poe, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Calvin and Hobbes, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Final Fantasy VI, License CC BY-SA 4.0