C2adverbartsemotions
US/ˈhɔːn.tɪŋ.li/
UK/ˈhɔːn.tɪŋ.li/
in a beautiful or sad way that stays in your mind for a long time
In context
The song is hauntingly beautiful and I cannot forget it.
The village looked hauntingly empty in the early morning mist.
Her voice sounded hauntingly familiar, but he could not remember why.
Words that go with hauntingly
adverb + adjective
- hauntingly beautifulThe photographs are hauntingly beautiful.
- hauntingly familiarThe melody was hauntingly familiar.
- hauntingly sadIt is a hauntingly sad story.
- hauntingly emptyThe streets were hauntingly empty.
- hauntingly lovelyShe sang a hauntingly lovely tune.