mesmerically
In entrancing fashion
In a manner that captures and holds attention completely, as if by hypnosis.
The word derives from Franz Mesmer, an 18th-century physician who believed in "animal magnetism" as a healing force.
Someone who speaks mesmerically holds listeners spellbound: She moved mesmerically across the stage, every eye following her.
Deeply holding one's attention
- spellbindingCompletely capturing one's attention
- enchantingDelightfully attractive, spellbinding
- hypnoticallyIn a trance-inducing way
- bewitchingPowerfully and mysteriously charming
transfixing · riveting · engrossing · absorbing · fascinating · alluring · beguiling · enthralling
Gazing without break
- fixatedObsessively attached or focused
- unblinkingNot closing one's eyes
- lockedFastened with a mechanism
- raptDeeply absorbed, fascinated
glazed · wide-eyed · transfixed · spellbound · unwavering · intent · piercing · deep
Deeply absorbed, detached state
- hypnotherapyTherapeutic use of trance
- inductionFormal admission process
- suggestibilityReadiness to accept influence
- subconsciousBelow conscious awareness
somnambulism · hypnotist · swaying · pendulum · spiral · relaxation · theta · alpha
captivating
Deeply holding one's attention
- spellbindingCompletely capturing one's attention
- enchantingDelightfully attractive, spellbinding
- hypnoticallyIn a trance-inducing way
bewitching · transfixing · riveting · engrossing · absorbing · fascinating · alluring · beguiling · enthralling · enrapturing
staring
Gazing without break
- fixatedObsessively attached or focused
- unblinkingNot closing one's eyes
- lockedFastened with a mechanism
rapt · glazed · wide-eyed · transfixed · spellbound · unwavering · intent · piercing · deep · penetrating
trance-like
Deeply absorbed, detached state
- hypnotherapyTherapeutic use of trance
- inductionFormal admission process
- suggestibilityReadiness to accept influence
subconscious · somnambulism · hypnotist · swaying · pendulum · spiral · relaxation · theta · alpha · brainwaves
mesmericallyboringly
In an uninteresting manner
tediously · uninterestingly · dully · monotonously · lifelessly
mesmericallydrearily
In a bleak manner
tiresomely · tediously · wearily · soporifically · numbingly
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