attractiveness
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tɪv adjective
1.
providing pleasure or delight, especially 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.
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attractive (əˈtræktɪv) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | appealing to the senses or mind through beauty, form, character, etc |
| 2. | arousing interest: an attractive opportunity |
| 3. | possessing the ability to draw or pull: an attractive force |
| at'tractively | |
| —adv | |
| at'tractiveness | |
| —n | |
| attractive (əˈtræktɪv) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | appealing to the senses or mind through beauty, form, character, etc |
| 2. | arousing interest: an attractive opportunity |
| 3. | possessing the ability to draw or pull: an attractive force |
| at'tractively | |
| —adv | |
| at'tractiveness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
attractive
1530s, "absorptive," from Fr. attractif (14c.), from attract- (see attract). Meaning "having the quality of drawing people's eye or interest" is from 1580s; sense of "pleasing, alluring" is from c.1600.
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Example sentences
The region's successes and attractiveness are not due to chance.
Other volunteers rated the pictures for attractiveness and how healthy and tired the participants looked.
It doesn't take much to figure out that plastering the roadways with billboards will not improve scenic attractiveness.
Such a good way for failed countries to justify their lack of attractiveness by such reasoning.
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