Persuasive
[pə'sweɪsɪv] or [pɚ'swesɪv]
Definition
(adj.) intended or having the power to induce action or belief; 'persuasive eloquence'; 'a most persuasive speaker'; 'a persuasive argument' .
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Definition
(a.) Tending to persuade; having the power of persuading; as, persuasive eloquence.
(n.) That which persuades; an inducement; an incitement; an exhortation.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Convincing, cogent, logical, valid, sound, weighty.
n. Inducement, incitement.
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Examples
- Just as I moved the Count's persuasive hand was laid on his shoulder, and the Count's mellifluous voice interposed to quiet him. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- There was something grand and majestic in her motions, but nothing persuasive, nothing amiable. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Not to intrude on the sacred mysteries of medicine, he took it, now (with the jury droop and persuasive eye-glass), that this was Merdle's case? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It was becoming less persuasive and more violent. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He is eloquent and persuasive; and once his words had even power over my heart: but trust him not. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- They have no persuasive power. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I wondered whether he could be a doctor; but no, I thought; he couldn't be a doctor, or he would have a quieter and more persuasive manner. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The night was soft and persuasive. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- No one could resist her persuasive nods, or the fragrant invitation issuing from the nose of the coffee pot. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Christianity was losing its persuasive power. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- That he had written to him, gone to him, talked with him, tried every gentle and persuasive art his kindness could devise. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The persuasive powers of this illiterate savage were remarkable. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It is wonderfully persuasive, also. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Bar, handling his persuasive double eye-glass, was by no means clear but that it might be four. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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