Pronunciations
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/ˈfɛt͡ʃ.ɪŋ/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
- Received-Pronunciation
Adjective
Attractive; pleasant to regard.
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Nurse Cramer had a cute nose and a radiant, blooming complexion dotted with fetching sprays of adorable freckles that Yossarian detested.
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I am not, I regret to say, a discreet and fetching sleeper. Most people when they nod off look as if they could do with a blanket; I look as if I could do with medical attention.
“The men in this town have a serious case of pussy affluenza,” says Amy Watanabe, 28, the fetching, tattooed owner of Sake Bar Satsko, a lively izakaya in New York’s East Village.
Noun
The act by which something is fetched.
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These lumpers were also in the habit of inducing their men during the week to send to their pay-house for fetchings of drink, besides the money they were compelled to spend on Saturday night.
Adjective
very attractive; capturing interest
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a fetching new hairstyle
something inexpressibly taking in his manner
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a winning personality