adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Prince Charming
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She is still waiting to find her Prince Charming.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
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Throughout our short and painful conversation he was as charming , as elegant and as dignified as ever.
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He seems just as charming in the flesh as on television.
most
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He's usually the most charming of men to work for, but just lately ... talk about bad-tempered.
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He's one of the funniest and most charming men in the business.
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He smiled his most charming smile.
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One of the most charming and intricately made toys is the toy theatre.
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In any case, the Kaiser was a most charming man, much misunderstood.
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David decided to be at his most charming - attentive, intelligent and maliciously witty.
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The most charming place - so peaceful - still just a tiny fishing village really.
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If the atmosphere were not so charming , it would be less of a temptation.
very
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He was also very charming , an easy smiler, witty, relaxed and vivacious.
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Handsome chap, and charming , very charming.
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It is altogether a very charming , Idyllic setting.
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He can be very charming in that way.
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He was very good-looking, very charming , and had a kind of city slickness she'd never encountered before.
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His journal of the time notes that he found the King's many wives very charming to look at.
■ NOUN
man
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He's one of the funniest and most charming men in the business.
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Mr Benn is a thoroughly charming man , and I was pleased to pay tribute to him when I got up to speak.
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And the captain is such a charming man .
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In any case, the Kaiser was a most charming man , much misunderstood.
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He was an ebullient, sometimes irascible, charming man .
smile
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He smiled his most charming smile.
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A few yards away, Anthea Darnell was just rising, giving Lee a charming smile .
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He had strong wrists and a charming smile .
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As compensation for his lack of height and pebble glasses, he was gifted with a charming smile and a friendly manner.
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Alan's charming smile fell on stony ground with her.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a charming smile
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Gabby's parents thought Bill was charming .
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He was charming , good-looking and in his early forties.
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It's a very charming restaurant.
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The Vice Chairman has a very charming wife and four children.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A charming brooch depicting a bird on an olive branch was made to his design by Carlo Giuliano, for example.
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Claris looks out from under her limp-brimmed woollen hat and asks me for an orange with a charming broken-toothed smile.
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He was extremely good-looking, and extremely charming , generous to his scout, and to Mr Bullins on numerous occasions.
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In 1983 he wrote a charming book about his father.
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On the two occasions he came here, I thought him a charming youth.
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Then be the charming Mistress of thy Gold.