Definition of "winsome" []

• Charming, often in a childlike or naive way. (adjective)

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• "The one, Juliana, the only daughter of a retired sea-captain, he described as a winsome lassie."
• "Then her arms dropped, and she looked straight into camera, her mobile face composed in an expression winsome and grave, and so light it might change with breeze."
• "She had about her that charm of manner which can only be described as winsome womanliness."