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attractive - 4 dictionary results

at⋅trac⋅tive

[uh-trak-tiv]
–adjective
1. providing pleasure or delight, esp. in appearance or manner; pleasing; charming; alluring: an attractive personality.
2. arousing interest or engaging one's thought, consideration, etc.: an attractive idea; an attractive price.
3. having the quality of attracting.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME attractif (< MF) < LL attractīvus of a medicine with drawing power. See attract, -ive


at⋅trac⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
at⋅trac⋅tive⋅ness, noun
at·trac·tive   (ə-trāk'tĭv)   
adj.  
  1. Having the power to attract.
  2. Pleasing to the eye or mind; charming.
at·trac'tive·ly adv., at·trac'tive·ness n.

Attractive

At*tract"ive\, a. [Cf. F. attractif.]

1. Having the power or quality of attracting or drawing; as, the attractive force of bodies. --Sir I. Newton.

2. Attracting or drawing by moral influence or pleasurable emotion; alluring; inviting; pleasing. "Attractive graces." --Milton. "Attractive eyes." --Thackeray.

Flowers of a livid yellow, or fleshy color, are most attractive to flies. --Lubbock. -- At*tract"ive*ly, adv. -- At*tract"ive*ness, n.

Attractive

At*tract"ive\, n. That which attracts or draws; an attraction; an allurement.

Speaks nothing but attractives and invitation. --South.
Language Translation for : attractive
Spanish: atractivo,
German: attraktiv,
Japanese: 美人の
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