attention-getting

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Adj.1.attention-getting - seizing the attention; "eye-catching posters"
conspicuous - obvious to the eye or mind; "a tower conspicuous at a great distance"; "wore conspicuous neckties"; "made herself conspicuous by her exhibitionistic preening"
2.attention-getting - likely to attract attention; "a catchy title for a movie"
appealing - able to attract interest or draw favorable attention; "He added an appealing and memorable figure to popular American mythology"- Vincent Starrett; "an appealing sense of humor"; "the idea of having enough money to retire at fifty is very appealing"
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The barrel was attention-gettingly short, and the first thing that caught my eye was the thread protector on the short barrel instead of an actual muzzle device.
Thus what better time to be notably, high-mindedly, attention-gettingly bipartisan?

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