persuasive
adjective
- convincing
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪsɪv/
adj
Etymology: From Middle French persuasif, from Medieval Latin persuāsīvus, from Latin past participle stem of persuādēre + -īvus.
- Able to persuade; convincing.
“But I'm pretty persuasive, and I've learned how elected officials think. I know how to press their buttons.”
noun
Etymology: From Middle French persuasif, from Medieval Latin persuāsīvus, from Latin past participle stem of persuādēre + -īvus.
- That which persuades; incitement.
“He smiled a very knowing smile, and setting up a halloo, and shaking his leathern thong, away we went at the rate of seven or eight miles an hour. I had no occasion to go further with my persuasives; the pace was kept up, […]”