English Dictionary: [attractiveness] | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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. [bd]Attractive graces.[b8] --Milton. [bd]Attractive eyes.[b8] --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. |