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3 definitions found 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. ``Attractive graces.'' --Milton. ``Attractive eyes.'' --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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Attractive \At*tract"ive\, n. That which attracts or draws; an attraction; an allurement. Speaks nothing but attractives and invitation. --South. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: attractive adj 1: 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" [ant: {unattractive}] 2: having power to arouse interest; "an attractive opportunity"; "the job is attractive because of the pay" 3: (physics) having the properties of a magnet; the ability to draw or pull "an attractive force"; "the knife hung on a magnetic board" [syn: {attractive(a)}, {magnetic}] [ant: {repulsive(a)}]
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