Attractiveness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. Attracting or drawing by moral influence or pleasurable


        emotion; alluring; inviting; pleasing. "Attractive
        graces." --Milton. "Attractive eyes." --Thackeray.
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              Flowers of a livid yellow, or fleshy color, are most
              attractive to flies.                  --Lubbock.
        [1913 Webster] -- {At*tract"ive*ly}, adv. --
        {At*tract"ive*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  attractiveness
       n 1: the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or
            something that attracts; "her personality held a strange
            attraction for him" [syn: {attraction}]
       2: a beauty that appeals to the senses [ant: {unattractiveness}]