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attractiveness

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Attractive \At*tract"ive\, a. [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.

Source : WordNet®

attractiveness
     n 1: the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or
          something that attracts; "her personality held a strange
          attraction for him" [syn: {attraction}]
     2: a beauty that appeals to the senses [ant: {unattractiveness}]
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