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unperˈsuasive, a.
(un-1 7.)
1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) V. 207, I traversed the room, and bit my unpersuasive lips..for vexation. 1783Blair Lect. II. 122 That argumentative manner, bordering on the dry and unpersuasive, which is..the character of English Sermons. 1847F. W. Newman Hist. Hebrew Mon. ix. 328 In his own town of Anathoth,..his [sc. Jeremiah's] extreme youth would make him unpersuasive to his neighbours. 1905Holman-Hunt Pre-Raphaelitism II. 419 Actuality, without which all painting is characterless and unpersuasive.
Hence unperˈsuasively adv.
1855Pusey Doctr. Real Presence 347 So not unpersuasively might it be said on this passage. 1865Grosart Lambs all Safe 106, I have indeed written poorly and vnpersuasively. |