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There was something endearing about her awkward smile.
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Her character is so clever and endearing, you can't wait for next week's show.
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It's endearing. (source)endearing = arousing fondness
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Mr. Ewell was endearing himself to his fellow citizens. (source)
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There was an endearing nervousness in his voice.† (source)
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He's so proud of himself for the Hogwarts reference, it's kind of endearing.† (source)
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His wide blue eyes have a gentleness and honesty that he finds endearing.† (source)endearing = arousing fondness
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The same personality that so endeared him to us as he raced against time on the tracks of the world is not dead but very much alive and with us yet.† (source)endeared = aroused fondness
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Harry Potter's appearance did not endear him to the neighbours, who were the sort of people who thought scruffiness ought to be punishable by law, but as he had hidden himself behind a large hydrangea bush this evening he was quite invisible to passers-by.† (source)endear = arouse fondness
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The husband, whom I'll call Bill, had an endearingly playful manner.† (source)endearingly = in a manner that arouses fondness
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You think that endears me to them?† (source)endears = arouses fondness
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Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on; Not to the sensual ear, but, more endear'd, Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone: Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave Thy song, nor ever can those trees be bare; Bold Lover, never, never canst thou kiss, Though winning near the goal yet, do not grieve; She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss, For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair!† (source)endear'd = aroused fondness
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I was begging in Merchant's Circle and so far the day had profited me two kicks (one guard, one mercenary), three shoves (two wagoneers, one sailor), one new curse concerning an unlikely anatomical configuration (also from the sailor), and a spray of spittle from a rather unendearing elderly man of indeterminate occupation.† (source)unendearing = not arousing fondnessstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unendearing means not and reverses the meaning of endearing. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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She wrote with an endearing, intelligent voice, and her entries were filled with self-deprecating humor and witty, sardonic asides.† (source)endearing = arousing fondness
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Although I suspect the fireworks display you put on may not have endeared you to many Earthens.† (source)endeared = aroused fondness
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His maturity did little to endear him to Janice's mother or grandparents, however, who didn't like the idea of Janice being married while still in high school and persuaded her to have the marriage annulled.† (source)endear = arouse fondness
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