persuasive
adjectivenounattested in dialogue
- //pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪsɪv//
Able to persuade; convincing.
adjective
- 1
Able to persuade; convincing.
But I'm pretty persuasive, and I've learned how elected officials think. I know how to press their buttons.
Etymology
From Middle French persuasif, from Medieval Latin persuāsīvus, from Latin past participle stem of persuādēre + -īvus.
noun
- 1
That which persuades; incitement.
He smiled a very knowing smile, and setting up a halloo, and shaking his leathern thong, away we went at the rate of seven or eight miles an hour. I had no occasion to go further with my persuasives; the pace was kept up, […]
Forms
- plural
- persuasives
- comparative
- more persuasive
- superlative
- most persuasive
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