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fetching

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fetch·ing  (fchng)
adj.
Very attractive; charming: a fetching new hairstyle.
fetching·ly adv.
fetching
Adjective
Informal attractive: a fetching dress
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Adj.1.fetching - very attractive; capturing interest; "a fetching new hairstyle"; "something inexpressibly taking in his manner"; "a winning personality"
taking, winning
attractive - pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm; "a remarkably attractive young man"; "an attractive personality"; "attractive clothes"; "a book with attractive illustrations"
fetching
adjective (Informal) attractive, sweet, charming, enchanting, fascinating, intriguing, cute, enticing, captivating, alluring, winsome
Translations
Spanish fetching [ˈfɛtʃɪŋ] adj → atractivo
French fetching [ˈfɛtʃɪŋ] adj → charmant(e)
German fetching [ˈfɛtʃɪŋ] fetch adj → bezaubernd, reizend
Italian fetching [ˈfɛtʃɪŋ] adj → attraente
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While she was fetching the water her husband approached the dusty horseman and inquired eagerly for news from the front.
An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
Now I am fetching Zossimov, he will report to you and then you'd better turn in; I can see you are too tired to do anything.
Crime And Punishment by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
To return to the description of the coast: sixty leagues from Suaquem is an island called Mazna, only considerable for its ports, which make the Turks reside upon it, though they are forced to keep three barks continually employed in fetching water, which is not to be found nearer than at a distance of twelve miles.
A Voyage to Abyssinia by Lobo, Father View in context
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