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Definitions of attractive
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having power to arouse interest; "an attractive opportunity"; "the job is attractive because of the pay" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
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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
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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
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Having the power or quality of attracting or drawing; as, the attractive force of bodies. Webster Dictionary DB
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Attracting or drawing by moral influence or pleasurable emotion; alluring; inviting; pleasing. Webster Dictionary DB
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Charming; alluring; inviting. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.
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Having the power of attracting: alluring. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.
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ATTRACTIVELY, ATTRACTINGLY. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.
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Attractively. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.
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Drawing; alluring. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.
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Drawing to; alluring. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.
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Usage examples for attractive
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He was a most attractive gallant gentleman. – Anthony Lyveden by Dornford Yates
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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