Meanings
adverbpleadingly (comparative more pleadingly, superlative most pleadingly)
comparative more pleadingly · superlative most pleadingly
- In a pleading manner; with pleas.
She looked from one to another pleadingly.
1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 15, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 194
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbin a beseeching manner
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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Chicago
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