arrestive
[ uh-res-tiv ]
adjective
tending to arrest or take hold of the attention, interest, etc.
Origin of arrestive
1Other words from arrestive
- un·ar·res·tive, adjective
Words Nearby arrestive
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How to use arrestive in a sentence
The Swinburne collocation of delicate bosom and death is both arrestive and interesting.
Ptomaine Street | Carolyn WellsThe accumulation of carbonic acid in the breathed air would also have a similar arrestive power over destructive assimilation.
Similarly he could disguise his voice, the natural tones of which were low, monotonous, and of no arrestive quality.
The Grey Room | Eden PhillpottsThey were of a flamboyant Italian period, and more arrestive than distinguished.
The Grey Room | Eden PhillpottsHis attitude was arrestive as an obelisk and uncircuitable as a labyrinth.
Eden | Edgar Saltus
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