endearingly

Whenever asked how long he expected his journey to take, he would always collapse endearingly into a fit of laughter.

Over the years he has been called Red Oskar, enfant terrible, the most dangerous man in Europe and, almost endearingly at times, Napoleon.

And the mischievous smiles on the faces of some of the bridesmaids and page boys – and endearingly bewildered expressions on the others – are strikingly similar.