beseechingnessn.
/bɪˈsiːtʃɪŋnɪs/ The quality of being beseeching.
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the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > earnest request or entreaty > importunity or urgency
instancec1340
importunityc1425
instancy1515
importunateness?1526
importunacy1548
importancea1555
importancy1576
opportunitya1586
urgencec1592
urgency1611
clamorousnessa1617
pressingness1661
precariousness1666
supplicancy1728
beseechingness1863
imploringness1863
pleadingness1866
demandingness1930
1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola III. i. 8 The husband's determination to mastery, which lay deep below all blandness and beseechingness.
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