Meanings
adverbentreatingly (comparative more entreatingly, superlative most entreatingly)
comparative more entreatingly · superlative most entreatingly · alternative intreatingly
- In an entreating manner.
"Master," she said, in a low voice, with her eyes attentively and entreatingly fixed upon him. "Don't!"
1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter VII, in Great Expectations […], volume II, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC, page 113Synonyms: beseechingly, imploringly
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbIn an entreating manner.
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adverbin a beseeching manner
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