persuasively

[per-swey-siv, -ziv]

per·sua·sive

[per-swey-siv, -ziv]
adjective
1.
able, fitted, or intended to persuade: a very persuasive argument.
noun
2.
something that persuades; inducement.

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Persuasively is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

Origin:
1580–90; Medieval Latin persuāsīvus. See persuasible, -ive

per·sua·sive·ly, adverb
per·sua·sive·ness, noun
non·per·sua·sive, adjective
non·per·sua·sive·ly, adverb
non·per·sua·sive·ness, noun
EXPAND
pre·per·sua·sive, adjective
un·per·sua·sive, adjective
un·per·sua·sive·ly, adverb
un·per·sua·sive·ness, noun
COLLAPSE


1. convincing, compelling, forceful.

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persuasive (pəˈsweɪsɪv)
 
adj
having the power or ability to persuade; tending to persuade: a persuasive salesman
 
per'suasively
 
adv
 
per'suasiveness
 
n

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