Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Attractive"
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) 1.7 (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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