Fetching
['fetʃɪŋ] or ['fɛtʃɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) very attractive; capturing interest; 'a fetching new hairstyle'; 'something inexpressibly taking in his manner'; 'a winning personality' .
Editor: Ronda--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fetch
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Examples
- Mr. Rushworth is so long fetching this key! Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Jane's solicitude about fetching her own letters had not escaped Emma. Jane Austen. Emma.
- If I had made any difficulty about fetching the key, there might have been some excuse, but I went the very moment she said she wanted it. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- He certainly could not be all this time fetching his shortsword from the Thark's cell, spoke another. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Handsome things enough, but fetching nothing. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It is in the fetching and carrying manufactures, accordingly, that foreign trade is chiefly employed. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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