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Grammar : Adv
Spell : per-swey-siv, -ziv
Phonetic Transcription : pərˈsweɪ sɪv, -zɪv

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Origin :
  • 1580s, from Middle French persuasif, from Medieval Latin persuasivus, from Latin persuas-, past participle stem of persuadere "persuade, convince" (see persuasion). Related: Persuasively; persuasiveness. Replaced earlier persuasible in this sense (see persuadable).
  • As in effectively : adv efficiently
  • As in urgently : adv insistently
Example sentences :
  • "You know—Sid—he could swim perfectly," she said persuasively.
  • Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • "I had my reasons for the deceit, Lola," said he, persuasively.
  • Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • I talked volubly, jocularly, persuasively, tenderly; I talked in a subdued tone.
  • Extract from : « 'Twixt Land & Sea » by Joseph Conrad
  • I put my plan as persuasively as I could; but the Dean did not seem to see any merit in it.
  • Extract from : « The Red Hand of Ulster » by George A. Birmingham
  • "It's a sign rather than a demonstration," he argued, persuasively.
  • Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad
  • It is well for us that the Lincoln centennial comes to say this to us persuasively and commandingly.
  • Extract from : « Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence » by Various
  • "Better let that alone," said the black-haired gambler, persuasively.
  • Extract from : « Peak and Prairie » by Anna Fuller
  • Montano came and laid his arm around Bart's shoulders, persuasively.
  • Extract from : « The Colors of Space » by Marion Zimmer Bradley
  • They had come to the stile and Emil pointed to it persuasively.
  • Extract from : « O Pioneers! » by Willa Cather
  • "I suppose you have some left," said the stranger, persuasively.
  • Extract from : « The Telegraph Boy » by Horatio Alger, Jr.

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