Groovy vs Attractive - What's the difference?
groovy | attractive |
Of, pertaining to, or having grooves.
(dated) Set in one's ways.
* (Rudyard Kipling)
(dated, slang) Cool, neat, interesting, fashionable.
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, date=May 24
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Causing attraction; having the quality of attracting by inherent force.
Having the power of charming or alluring by agreeable qualities; enticing.
Pleasing or appealing to the senses.
As adjectives the difference between groovy and attractive
is that groovy is of, pertaining to, or having grooves or groovy can be (dated|slang) cool, neat, interesting, fashionable while attractive is causing attraction; having the quality of attracting by inherent force.groovy
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Alternative forms
* grooveyEtymology 1
Adjective
(er)- The back of the tile was groovy so that it could hold the adhesive compound.
- She'd give anything to be able to believe it, but she's a hard woman, and brooding along certain lines makes one groovy .
Etymology 2
From the phrase in the groove , ultimately from the grooves of an early phonograph record.Adjective
(er)- "Wow, man! This psychedelic wallpaper is totally groovy ! " said the hippie.
- "Have a groovy day, dudes. " said the surfer in his latest movie.
- ''Marching around the hallways of school while making a racket, the drummer in the marching band said, "60s music is very groovy! "
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Derived terms
* groovinessReferences
* OED 2nd edition 1989attractive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- That's a very attractive offer.
- He is an attractive fellow with a trim figure.