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persuasive

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per·sua·sive  (pr-swsv, -zv)
adj.
Tending or having the power to persuade: a persuasive argument.
per·suasive·ly adv.
per·suasive·ness n.
persuasive
Adjective
able to persuade: a persuasive argument
persuasively adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.persuasive - intended or having the power to induce action or belief; "persuasive eloquence"; "a most persuasive speaker"; "a persuasive argument"
convincing - causing one to believe the truth of something; "a convincing story"; "a convincing manner"
dissuasive - deterring from action; "dissuasive advice"; "made a slight dissuasive gesture with her hand"
persuasive
adjective convincing, telling, effective, winning, moving, sound, touching, impressive, compelling, influential, valid, inducing, logical, credible, plausible, forceful, eloquent, weighty, impelling, cogent << OPPOSITE unconvincing
Translations
persuasive [pəˈsweɪsɪv] adj → persuasivo
persuasive [pəˈsweɪsɪv] adj → persuasif/ive
persuasive [pəˈsweɪsɪv] persuade adj [person, argument] → überzeugend
persuasive [pəˈsweɪsɪv] adj → persuasivo/a


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Bar, handling his persuasive double eye-glass, was by no means clear but that it might be four.
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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.
The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
Her hand remains in his, and feels its soft persuasive pressure.
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