TANTALIZINGLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tantalizingly mean? 

• TANTALIZINGLY (adverb)
  The adverb TANTALIZINGLY has 1 sense:

1. in a tantalizing manner

  Familiarity information: TANTALIZINGLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TANTALIZINGLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a tantalizing manner

Synonyms:

invitingly; tantalizingly

Context example:

she smiled at him tantalizingly

Pertainym:

tantalizing (arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach)

 Context examples 

A band of caribou passed by, twenty and odd animals, tantalizingly within rifle range.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Silicon is known for being nontoxic, but researchers had not been able to demonstrate that silicon nanocrystals can up-convert photons, leaving this promising cancer treatment tantalizingly out of reach.

(Making higher energy light to fight cancer, National Science Foundation)