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arrestingly

American  
[uh-rest-ing-lee] / əˈrɛst ɪŋ li /

adverb

  1. in a way that captures or arrests attention or interest.


Example Sentences

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Rolling Stone hailed "Lux" as "a truly timeless work of art", while music magazine NME called it "arrestingly beautiful".

From Barron's • Nov. 7, 2025

Given what Mica Levi does so arrestingly, that may not be necessary.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2023

Rolling Stone magazine called it “both startlingly minimal and arrestingly gorgeous.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 24, 2022

The radiating, shimmering, ever so slightly metallic overtones that halo her voice make her sound arrestingly powerful and visceral.

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2022

It was perhaps fifteen feet long and conveyed arrestingly and at a glance what 2,200 miles of mountains look like: hard.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson