seductiveness


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se·duc·tive

(sĭ-dŭk′tĭv)
adj.
Tending to seduce; alluring: seductive lingerie; the seductive smell of freshly baked cinnamon rolls.
se·duc′tive·ly adv.
se·duc′tive·ness n.
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Translations

seductiveness

[sɪˈdʌktɪvnɪs] N [of person, look, clothes, smile] → seducción f; [of offer] → atractivo m
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seductiveness

n → verführerische Art ; the seductiveness of the offer etc → das verlockende Angebot etc
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The lip-shapes that had meant seductiveness were now made to express supplication; the glow on the cheek that yesterday could be translated as riotousness was evangelized today into the splendour of pious rhetoric; animalism had become fanaticism; Paganism Paulinism; the bold rolling eye that had flashed upon her form in the old time with such mastery now beamed with the rude energy of a theolatry that was almost ferocious.
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