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English Dictionary: attractiveness by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
attractiveness
n
  1. the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts; "her personality held a strange attraction for him"
    Synonym(s): attraction, attractiveness
  2. sexual allure
    Antonym(s): unattractiveness
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.
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