unperˈsuasive, a.
(un-1 7.)
| 1748 Richardson Clarissa (1811) V. 207, I traversed the room, and bit my unpersuasive lips..for vexation. 1783 Blair Lect. II. 122 That argumentative manner, bordering on the dry and unpersuasive, which is..the character of English Sermons. 1847 F. 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. 1905 Holman-Hunt Pre-Raphaelitism II. 419 Actuality, without which all painting is characterless and unpersuasive. |
Hence unperˈsuasively adv.
| 1855 Pusey Doctr. Real Presence 347 So not unpersuasively might it be said on this passage. 1865 Grosart Lambs all Safe 106, I have indeed written poorly and vnpersuasively. |