Category:Attractive

At*tract"ive, a. Etym: [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.

At*tract"ive, n.

Defn: That which attracts or draws; an attraction; an allurement. Speaks nothing but attractives and invitation. South.