persuasive
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
Other Word Forms
- nonpersuasive adjective
- nonpersuasively adverb
- nonpersuasiveness noun
- persuasively adverb
- persuasiveness noun
- prepersuasive adjective
- unpersuasive adjective
- unpersuasively adverb
- unpersuasiveness noun
Etymology
Origin of persuasive
First recorded in 1580–90, persuasive is from the Medieval Latin word persuāsīvus. See persuasible, -ive
Example Sentences
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The voice was very persuasive and I was easy to persuade.
From Literature
In the second half of the 19th Century, photography became one of the British Empire's most persuasive instruments for knowing - and classifying - India.
From BBC
Raiding Home Depot parking lots and stopping people on the street isn’t persuasive to this end.
“I guess some of us are just better at being persuasive.”
From Literature
In the case of “Nirvanna the Band,” I assume the answer to the second question at some point becomes “no,” but it’s all done with a very persuasive mix of vérité style and can-do lunacy.
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