pleadinglyadv.
/ˈpliːdɪŋli/, U.S. /ˈplidɪŋli/ In a pleading manner.
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the mind > language > speech > request > [adverb]
suppliantly1565
beggingly1598
petitionarily1604
askingly1611
supplicantly1629
supplicatorilya1631
eucticallya1638
begging-wise1645
precariously1646
earn1656
entreatingly1661
suppliant-like1670
supplicatingly1799
imploringly1810
beseechingly1830
pleadingly1838
appealingly1847
beggarly1850
precatively1869
1838 J. W. Carlyle Let. 18 Sept. in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1985) X. 184 The regenerating truths..would need to be pleadingly tendered.
1868 ‘G. Eliot’ Spanish Gypsy iii. 273 She spoke Tenderly, pleadingly.
1891 Longman's Mag. Mar. 531 She was going to break out tormentedly, pleadingly: ‘For God's sake tell me!’
1903 H. James Ambassadors i. iii. 26 He detained her as pleadingly as if he had already..learned to be unable to do without her.
1934 P. Lynch Turf-cutter's Donkey vii. 53 The white pig stood on his hind legs beside Eileen. He looked at her so pleadingly that she had to help him up.
1994 N. Holder Dead in Water i. 29 Her husband looked pleadingly at John Fielder.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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