seductive
adjective
se·duc·tive
si-ˈdək-tiv 
: tending to seduce : having alluring or tempting qualities
a seductive, sometimes disingenuous man—
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seductively
adverb
seductiveness
noun
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the seductive power of advertising
people always remarked on the cult leader's seductive personality
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Nadon can flip among many sides of herself — secretive, seductive, funny, serene.
—Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 29 May 2024
Berry played Fred Flintstone’s (John Goodman) seductive secretary, Sharon Stone, in the live-action remake of the 1960s cartoon series.
—Marina Watts, Peoplemag, 27 May 2024
As a free-thinking cabaret singer who knows her own mind and still decides (spoiler alert!) to follow her man into the desert, Dietrich, making her American film debut, is seductive to the millionth power.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 24 May 2024
And the movie’s central symphonic theme, a mystically seductive riff on Boléro by the late Ryuichi Sakamoto, will forever live in your brain alongside Ravel’s original.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 24 May 2024
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Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 29 May 2024
Berry played Fred Flintstone’s (John Goodman) seductive secretary, Sharon Stone, in the live-action remake of the 1960s cartoon series.
—Marina Watts, Peoplemag, 27 May 2024
As a free-thinking cabaret singer who knows her own mind and still decides (spoiler alert!) to follow her man into the desert, Dietrich, making her American film debut, is seductive to the millionth power.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 24 May 2024
And the movie’s central symphonic theme, a mystically seductive riff on Boléro by the late Ryuichi Sakamoto, will forever live in your brain alongside Ravel’s original.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 24 May 2024
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seductive
adjective
se·duc·tive
si-ˈdək-tiv
seductively
adverb
seductiveness
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