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Definitions of attractive

1. having power to arouse interest; "an attractive opportunity"; "the job is attractive because of the pay" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

2. pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm; "a remarkably attractive young man"; "an attractive personality"; "attractive clothes"; "a book with attractive illustrations" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

3. having the properties of a magnet; the ability to draw or pull; "an attractive force"; "the knife hung on a magnetic board" Wordnet Dictionary DB

4. Having the power or quality of attracting or drawing; as, the attractive force of bodies. Webster Dictionary DB

5. Attracting or drawing by moral influence or pleasurable emotion; alluring; inviting; pleasing. Webster Dictionary DB

6. Charming; alluring; inviting. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.

7. Having the power of attracting: alluring. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.

8. ATTRACTIVELY, ATTRACTINGLY. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.

9. Attractively. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.

10. Drawing; alluring. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.

11. Drawing to; alluring. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.

Usage examples for attractive

1. He was a most attractive gallant gentleman. – Anthony Lyveden by Dornford Yates

2. The novelists of the twentieth century, so far from holding the drama to be an inferior form, are discovering that it is at least a more difficult form, and therefore artistically more attractive – A Book About the Theater by Brander Matthews