winningly

Example Sentences

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"I'd boo me too," he posted winningly after more barracking from across the Channel.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

“This way, young man,” lied the server winningly as he steered me to a table.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

Much of the post-game celebration focused on the presence of pop star Taylor Swift, who smooched her boyfriend, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, and smiled winningly at the cameras.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2024

On Twitter, she took a moment to winkingly, winningly note the debt owed her by one of her competitors, requesting “that Steven Spielberg return my cast from ‘Take This Waltz.’”

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2023

She was absorbed and moved by the man she met in those pages, an inquiring and intelligent man, a kind man, a man so utterly, helplessly, winningly humane.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie