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persuasive [pəˈsweɪsɪv] adj
having the power or ability to persuade; tending to persuade a persuasive salesman persuasively adv persuasiveness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
persuasive adjective convincing, telling, effective, winning, moving, sound, touching, impressive, compelling, influential, valid, inducing, logical, credible, plausible, forceful, eloquent, weighty, impelling, cogent a persuasive argument against reform weak, incredible, ineffective, feeble, invalid, flimsy, unconvincing, illogical, implausible, unimpressive Translations persuasive adj salesman, voice → beredsam; arguments etc → überzeugend; he can be very persuasive → er kann einen gut überreden; (= convincing) → er kann einen leicht überzeugen; I had to be very persuasive → ich musste meine ganze Überredungskunst aufwenden; her persuasive powers → ihre Überredungskünste pl persuasive [pəˈsweɪsɪv] adj (person) → convincente; (argument) → persuasivo/a, convincente persuasive [pəˈsweɪsɪv] adj (person) → convincente; (argument) → persuasivo/a, convincente How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Bar, handling his persuasive double eye-glass, was by no means clear but that it might be four. But this very burden it was that gave him sympathies so intimate with the sinful brotherhood of mankind; so that his heart vibrated in unison with theirs, and received their pain into itself and sent its own throb of pain through a thousand other hearts, in gushes of sad, persuasive eloquence. Her hand remains in his, and feels its soft persuasive pressure. |
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