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persuasive
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persuasive
(adjective)
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persuasive
/pɚ
ˈ
sweɪsɪv/
adjective
persuasive
/pɚ
ˈ
sweɪsɪv/
adjective
Learner's definition of PERSUASIVE
[
more persuasive; most persuasive
]
:
able to cause people to do or believe something
:
able to persuade people
We weren't shown any
persuasive
evidence that he had committed the crime.
a very
persuasive
[=
convincing
] argument
a
persuasive
salesman
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— persuasively
adverb
She argues
persuasively
that the drug should be legal.
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— persuasiveness
noun
[
noncount
]
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