US /ˈhɔntɪŋli/
adv Freq #95677

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    In a way that is beautiful or moving and stays in your mind

    The song was hauntingly beautiful, and I could not stop thinking about it for days.

Etymology

From Middle English hauntingli, hawntyngly, equivalent to haunting + -ly.

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