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engaging
/ɛnˈɡeɪdʒɪŋ/
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What does engaging mean?
adjective
- Tending to engage attention or interest; engrossing, interesting; enthralling.
- Charming; attractive, especially of a manner or behaviour.
verb
- present participle and gerund of engage
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noun
- The act of engaging with something; engagement.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɛnˈɡeɪdʒɪŋ/
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The preliminary stage of becoming acquainted was one which he always endeavored to ignore when a pretty and engaging woman was concerned.
But his crowning villainy occurred an hour before the trustees' meeting, when we wanted to be so clean and sweet and engaging.
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He went down to Scotland, searched all the best mechanical workshops there, and after a time succeeded in engaging sixty-four good hands.
M. Bidard contented himself with engaging another girl, Francoise Huriaux, strong neither in intelligence nor will, but nevertheless a sweet little creature.
She was as simple, natural, and engaging as a kid that should have been brought up to the business of a money-changer.