engaging

[En*ga·ging]

A story, song, or person that is engaging is entertaining, fun, and interesting you want to see or hear more.

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Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive; as, engaging manners or address.

Adjective S.
attracting or delighting; "an engaging frankness"; "a piquant face with large appealing eyes"


p. pr. & vb. n.
of Encage

p. pr. & vb. n.
of Engage

a.
Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive; as, engaging manners or address.


Engaging

En*ga"ging , a. Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive; as, engaging manners or address. -- En*ga"ging*ly, adv. -- En*ga"ging*ness, n. Engaging and disengaging gear ∨ machinery, that in which, or by means of which, one part is alternately brought into gear or out of gear with another part, as occasion may require.

Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive; as, engaging manners or address.

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Usage Examples

We have an amazing advantage right now in that we have developed technology that is so sexy, so engaging for kids.

As a father, my first priority is to help my sons set and attain personal goals so they will develop self-confidence and individual strength. Engaging in regular fitness activities with my children helps me fulfill those responsibilities.

As children, as we learn what things are, we are slowly learning to dismiss them visually. As adults, entirely submerged in words and concepts, we spend almost all of our time thinking and worrying about the past and the future, hardly ever looking at or engaging with the world visually.

Power must be used, but it must be tempered by soul-searching and the recognition of our human capacity for error. That is the maxim that should inform our approach to every challenge, from reforming state government to engaging in foreign affairs.

Humor is the most engaging cowardice.

Imagination is not something apart and hermetic, not a way of leaving reality behind it is a way of engaging reality.

Quality afterschool programs provide safe, engaging and fun learning experiences to help children and youth develop their social, emotional, physical, cultural and academic skills.

My mom has a good way of engaging me in a conversation about the choices I make, listening, being objective and open-minded, and respecting those choices so long as they don't put me in danger.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I think that you can disagree with people and debate over their positions with issues without engaging in the politics of personal destruction.

My parents are artists in their world, in the world of modern artists, you are supposed to just go into your studio and tune everything out, and your entire relationship with your work is supposed to be a super private one. That was the way to do it and you weren't deeply truly artistic if that wasn't the way you were engaging the press.

Individual psychotherapy - that is, engaging a distressed fellow human in a disciplined conversation and human relationship - requires that the therapist have the proper temperament and philosophy of life for such work. By that I mean that the therapist must be patient, modest, and a perceptive listener, rather than a talker and advice-giver.

I did not become successful in my work through embracing or engaging in celebrity culture. I never signed away my privacy in exchange for success.

This sympathy is not translated into force against the British government because it is not like the anti- apartheid movement which had a high profile here and Mandela is a more engaging figure than Yasser Arafat.

Microsoft is engaging in unlawful predatory practices that go well beyond the scope of fair competition.

It is impossible to work in information technology without also engaging in social engineering.

Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.

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