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UK
/kənvˈɪnsɪŋli/
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[ US /kənˈvɪnsɪŋɫi/ ]
[ US /kənˈvɪnsɪŋɫi/ ]
ADVERB
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in a convincing manner
he argued convincingly
How To Use convincingly In A Sentence
- Improbably yet convincingly, the film ends on an optimistic note.
- Unless looks deceive so convincingly, he does not look indigent and like someone in state of abject poverty; more like a man in full control of his bearing, faculties and appearance.
- The trend gets much worse at midseason, with a "what were they thinking" project called Work It, a shrill Bosom Buddies knockoff about two unemployed he-men who dress as women none too convincingly to get jobs as pharmaceutical reps. Critic's Notebook: The ABC Upfront
- Although she gets reborn in a Caribbean setting, there is no direct lineage convincingly established for her.
- For example, Jonathan Saunders gave us a convincingly grown-up collection of soigné clothes, using an almost entirely black-and-white palette.
- Neither dates nor provenances can convincingly explain the development of these distinct artistic languages within the Jewish art of the Iberian Peninsula.
- He is merely trying - not very convincingly - to reproduce the two-dimensional character created by the media.
- As he suffered derision upon derision, I am not certain whether I should call this Monterone unconvincingly pathetic, or pathetically unconvincing.
- Your mind is working fast but your emotions stay cool, so you can still talk convincingly about ideas - and the right person is listening. The Sun
- McConnell's aides rushed to his defence yesterday, insisting unconvincingly that, had he failed to check on whether he needed to register the painting, the media would have hounded him over the issue.