Hypertext Webster Gateway: "attractiveness"
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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (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}]
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