desirable

adjective

1. 1

   Worthy to be desired; pleasing; agreeable.

   This applicant has almost all desirable properties.

   It has long been recognised that complete segregation of control of the respective services provided by the two undertakings, and of the power supply, signalling, and tracks relating to each was desirable.

   With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get[…]

2. 2

   Sexually attractive.

   The desirable Miss Moneypenny, M's all-powerful private secretary, gave him an encouraging smile and he walked through the double doors.

noun

1. 1

   A thing that people want; something that is desirable.

   There are plenty of desirables on display in the window.

Forms

plural

desirables

comparative

more desirable

superlative

most desirable