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Synonyymisanakirja

prepossessing

  1. houkutteleva, ihastuttava, viehättävä, vaikuttava.

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Käännökset

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vaikuttava Tending to invite favor; attracting confidence, favor, esteem, or love; attractive

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1836, Dickens, Sketches by Boz, s:Sketches by Boz/The curate. The old lady. The half-pay captain|The curate. The old lady. The half-pay captain
Our curate is a young gentleman of such prepossessing appearance, and fascinating manners, that within one month after his first appearance in the parish, half the young-lady inhabitants were melancholy with religion, and the other half, desponding with love.
1852, H. B. Stowe, s:Uncle Toms Cabin|Uncle Tom's Cabin, s:Uncle Toms Cabin/Chapter II|chapter 2
These natural graces in the quadroon are often united with beauty of the most dazzling kind, and in almost every case with a personal appearance prepossessing and agreeable.

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leasing, franchising

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Läheisiä sanoja

preparaattori, preparoida, prepata, prepositio, preppaus, presbyteeri

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