assuasive
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- unassuasive adjective
Etymology
Origin of assuasive
First recorded in 1700–10; as- + (per)suasive
Example Sentences
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Perhaps,' said Bounderby, staring with all his might at his so quiet and assuasive father-in-law, 'you know where your daughter is at the present time!'
From Hard Times by Dickens, Charles
In parts of humour, too, she had a manner of blending her assuasive softness, even with the gay, the lively, and the alluring.'
From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II by Summers, Montague
Wounds were to be healed which required the assuasive hand of time, which were destined to rankle even in the bosoms of another generation, and the painful memory of which is keenly treasured even now.
From The Life of Francis Marion by Simms, William Gilmore
For Truth and Pity then were young, And walk'd in simple, narrow bounds; Affection's meek, assuasive tongue, Had sweet, but most capricious sounds.
From Poems by Betham, Matilda
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