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disarmingly

American

[dis-ahrm-ing-lee] / dɪsˈɑrm ɪŋ li /

adverb

in a way that disarms, or encourages people to feel less defensive, afraid, hostile, etc.

Example Sentences

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Some, like Colombian artist Delcy Morelos, have devised powerful sculpture from disarmingly unstable ingredients.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

The scene is quiet, domestic, almost disarmingly ordinary.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026

Banton is disarmingly human - a welcome trait within the current set-up.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

The film sensitively and disarmingly refuses to other the subculture at its core — a clever way of making the particular feel universal.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

It was a vintage Madisonian performance: utterly reasonable, flawlessly logical, disarmingly temperate.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

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