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dissuasive
[ dih-swey-siv ]
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- dis·suasive·ly adverb
- dis·suasive·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dissuasive1
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Example Sentences
The meal was as dissuasive as the washing arrangements, and I was glad when the trumpet summoned us to coach.
These two are always joined together, and are a dissuasive from marrying a widow, because she is often involved in law suits.
And with rapidity and confusion, she poured out a multitude of dissuasive arguments, some contradicting the others.
He certainly does intend what he says as a dissuasive from a certain course of erroneous conduct.
From a safe distance on the running-board, he flourished this, whooping the while in a shrill and dissuasive manner.
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