Sentence:  He dropped his earlier and delightful hamming , which is about the only way to handle the old war horse called `` Charley's Aunt '' , and let himself go with as an <WSD>appealing</WSD> an `` Amy '' as anybody could ask . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings