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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
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unattractive 
1775, from un- (1) "not" + attractive (see attract).
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