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persuasive

/pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪsɪv/adjective

Skilled at getting people to agree with you or do what you suggest.

Example sentence

  • The saleswoman was so persuasive that I bought two of them.

'A persuasive argument' is the classic pairing; evidence can also be persuasive. Describes both the speaker and what they say.

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