: capable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion
touchingly
adverb
: in reference to : concerning
Synonyms
Adjective
- abutting
- adjacent
- adjoining
- bordering
- conterminous
- contiguous
- flanking
- flush
- fringing
- joining
- juxtaposed
- neighboring
- skirting
- verging
Preposition
Examples of touching in a Sentence
Adjective
touching lots in the housing development will eventually be separated by hedges for privacy
a touching movie about two lost animals who try to find their way home
Preposition
there has been an objection touching the last of the proposed new bylaws
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Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
In the caption, the mom of three penned a touching message about motherhood.
—Kelsey Lentz, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
The touching moment came ahead of their third album, Jagged Little Thrill, in 2001.
—Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 1 Nov. 2024
Billy's struggle to sort out his identity as a mystical being while masquerading as a normal teen was surprisingly touching.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
The cousins’ eventual arrival at the home Grandma Dory left behind to escape the Nazis is handled in a way that’s unsentimental yet also credible and thoroughly touching, with a gentle twist that nicely serves the arc of David and Benji’s roller-coaster relationship.
—Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
In the caption, the mom of three penned a touching message about motherhood.
—Kelsey Lentz, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
The touching moment came ahead of their third album, Jagged Little Thrill, in 2001.
—Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 1 Nov. 2024
Billy's struggle to sort out his identity as a mystical being while masquerading as a normal teen was surprisingly touching.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Touching.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/touching. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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