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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 [pəˈsweɪsɪv]
adj
having the power or ability to persuade; tending to persuade a persuasive salesman
persuasively  adv
persuasiveness  n
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
Translations
persuasive [pəˈsweɪsɪv] ADJ [person, voice, tone] → persuasivo; [argument, evidence] → convincente

persuasive [pərˈsweɪsɪv] adj
[person] → persuasif/ive
[argument, evidence] → convaincant(e)

persuasive
adj salesman, voiceberedsam; arguments etcüberzeugend; he can be very persuasiveer kann einen gut überreden; (= convincing)er kann einen leicht überzeugen; I had to be very persuasiveich musste meine ganze Überredungskunst aufwenden; her persuasive powersihre Überredungskünste pl

persuasive [pəˈsweɪsɪv] adj (person) → convincente; (argument) → persuasivo/a, convincente
persuasive [pəˈsweɪsɪv] adj (person) → convincente; (argument) → persuasivo/a, convincente

persuasive مقنع přesvědčivý overbevisende überzeugend πειστικός persuasivo vakuuttava persuasif uvjerljiv convincente 説得力のある 설득력 있는 overtuigend overtalende przekonujący persuasivo убедительный övertygande ซึ่งชักจูงได้ ikna edici có sức thuyết phục 善说服的


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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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