Endearing
[ɪn'dɪərɪŋ;en-] or [ɪn'dɪrɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Endear
(a.) Making dear or beloved; causing love.
Typist: Serena
Examples
- I was quite helpless, and his ways with ladies were very endearing. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He seems to be even fonder of his mice than of his other pets, smiles at them, and kisses them, and calls them by all sorts of endearing names. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Even poor little Clarence, the born idiot of the family, is the most agreeable and most endearing blockhead! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Who could be much with so pliable and beautiful a creature, and not yield to her endearing influence? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- A good endearing creature she was. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- To be familiar and endearing with them all--and so make me mad with envying them. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Not to be behindhand in the sociality of the evening, he complies and gives them Believe Me, if All Those Endearing Young Charms. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Typist: Serena