attractive

 
Pronunciation: /əˈtraktɪv/

adjective

  • pleasing or appealing to the senses: an attractive village foliage can be as attractive as flowers
  • (of a person) appealing to look at; sexually alluring: a stunningly attractive, charismatic man
  • having qualities or features which arouse interest: the site is close to other prestige schemes which should make it attractive to developers
  • relating to attraction between physical objects: the attractive force between the magnets and the metal plate

Derivatives

attractively

adverb

attractiveness

noun

Origin:

late Middle English (in the sense 'absorbent'): from French attractif, -ive, from late Latin attractivus, from the verb attrahere (see attract)