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Magnetic

adjective

Of or relating to or caused by magnetism.

Having the properties of a magnet; i.e. of attracting iron or steel. Synonyms: magnetised, magnetized.

Capable of being magnetized.

Determined by earth's magnetic fields. "The needle of a magnetic compass points to the magnetic north pole"

Possessing an extraordinary ability to attract. Synonym: charismatic. "A magnetic personality"

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"Magnetic" Quotes from Famous Books

... just outside the circle of the wagons, and his heart was heavy with care. Yet he was upborne by the magnetic personality of Henry ...

— The Forest Runners - A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kentucky • Joseph A. Altsheler

... man's gentle, magnetic sympathy, Richard unlocked his heart and told all of his life that could be crowded in those few short minutes,—of his boyhood's longings for a father of his own—of his young manhood's love, of his flight, and a little of his later life. "We'd ...

— The Eye of Dread • Payne Erskine

... new experience of his that was sobering him, but it helped him not a little to check his wonted boyish exuberance that at the table opposite him sat a strange young man, across whose dark, magnetic face there flitted, now and then, a lazy, cynical smile. Hughie feared that lazy smile, and he felt that it would shrivel into ...

— Glengarry Schooldays • Ralph Connor

... by her desk as Phoebe and the two boys entered. It was still that delightful period, before-school, when laughter could be released and voices raised without a fear of "keep quiet." The children moved to the teacher's desk as though drawn by magnetic force. Mary Warner, her dark curls hanging over her shoulders, appeared already acquainted with her. Several tiny beginners stood near the desk, a few older scholars were bravely offering their services to fetch water from Eby's ...

— Patchwork - A Story of 'The Plain People' • Anna Balmer Myers

... seldom experience such manifestations, and sometimes, after a prolonged sojourn at home, am tempted to fancy that the dreaming gift has left me never to return. But the results of a visit to Paris or to Switzerland always speedily reassure me; the necessary magnetic or psychic tension never fails to reassert itself; and before many weeks have elapsed my Diary is once more rich with the record of my nightly visions. Some of these phantasmagoria have furnished me with the framework, ...

— Dreams and Dream Stories • Anna (Bonus) Kingsford

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