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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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| —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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