suppliantlyadv.
/ˈsʌplɪəntli/, U.S. /ˈsəpliəntli/ In a suppliant manner; beseechingly; (also) as a suppliant; in supplication.
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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
1565 T. Stapleton tr. Bede Hist. Church Eng. v. vi. f. 158 Entreating as suppliantly as I could to haue licence to galloppe my horse..with the other younge men.
1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 202 His brother Iohn..came in..and suppliantly besought Richard brotherly to pardon his..offences.
1750 Student 1 No. 4. 139 Can the man..not prostrate himself..before the throne of grace, and suppliantly implore the divine mercy for his..sins?
1842 G. S. Faber Provinc. Lett. (1844) I. 230 Suppliantly invocating the saints.
1895 Daily News 10 May 6/3 Two hundred members of the House of Commons called at his private house..suppliantly to ascertain how they stood with him.
1914 Cent. Mag. June 288 The Dewan-i-Khas was finished, and its artificer suppliantly begged for the great glory of his presence there.
2005 N.Y. Sun (Nexis) 11 Apr. (Arts section) 16 They strike hieratic gestures, join in a chorus circle, or kneel suppliantly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1565