fetching

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"It's awfully fetching, and beauty half-revealed, you know.

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  1. adjective Very attractive; charming: a fetching new hairstyle.

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  • “You look fetching, as always This is my dear friend Kate from Baltimore.” Lucy took back her hand and presented Kathleen, pushing lightly but insistently at the small of her back. —  THE MISTRESS
  • Among those, most of the women prefer earrings which are made of diamond as they are long lasting and prestige-fetching, when they are compared to other metal earrings. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • Trying to stage a comeback, Buck demands the most from Troy and PR flunky Valerie (Emily Blunt, fetching, but once again butchering an American accent) as he works to perfect a miracle stunt involving hypnosis, with the young man growing to admire his volatile boss, but feeling pressure from his father (Tom Hanks, in a cameo) to return to a chaste life of assured financial reward. —  DVD Talk
  • Oh yes, the article makes it sound like they'd rather apply at Wal*Mart for shelf-stocking rather than phish, but honestly - having a myspace password or five is probably less paying than stocking shelves and fetching (or pretending to fetch) an item or two every now and then. —  doggdot.us
  • And that's a big problem for the fetching Lady Larkin, who has been impregnated by a hunky knight, Sir Harry. —  Tucson Weekly
 

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/ˈfɛtʃɪŋ/
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