You see, there is another Mexico, one that is not so appealing to business but well known to law enforcement.
But the way that Texas combines place and possibility will not be appealing to everyone.
Dr. Grenci, who agrees, also saw it as a way to expand her own knowledge on the subculture and what makes it so appealing.
Neither is appealing in a world of easy-to-find gourmet fare.
The idea of a strong, German-built wall to keep the Russian bear at bay is appealing in its brutal simplicity.
In her perplexity, she was appealing to him who was practically a stranger.
Wanhope had the effect of appealing to Minver, but the painter would not relent.
But she seemed to be appealing to him reproachfully, and he did not understand her.
For eight days he had much fever, and his appealing looks were pitiful to see.
It was answered by a slim, appealing girl of perhaps twenty-two.
mid-15c. as a noun, "action of petitioning a higher court or authority," verbal noun from appeal (v.). Adjectival sense of "attractive" attested by 1892. Related: Appealingly.
early 14c., originally in legal sense of "to call" to a higher judge or court, from Anglo-French apeler "to call upon, accuse," Old French apeler "make an appeal" (11c., Modern French appeler), from Latin appellare "to accost, address, appeal to, summon, name," iterative of appellere "to prepare," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + pellere "to beat, drive" (see pulse (n.1)). Related: Appealed; appealing.
Probably a Roman metaphoric extension of a nautical term for "driving a ship toward a particular landing." Popular modern meaning "to be attractive or pleasing" is quite recent, attested from 1907 (appealing in this sense is from 1891), from the notion of "to address oneself in expectation of a sympathetic response."
c.1300, in the legal sense, from Old French apel (Modern French appel), back-formation from apeler (see appeal (v.)). Meaning "call to an authority" is from 1620s; that of "attractive power" attested by 1916.
