beseechingly
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7.8
- adverb
- /bɪˈsiːtʃɪŋli/
- Formal
:
suplicantemente
- She offers him flowers, wordlessly, beseechingly.
- looked beseechingly
- turned to him beseechingly
- said, beseechingly
Examples
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Oh, Peter, Dada, Dada," she cried, looking beseechingly up into his face.
Fiction book (1997) -
The mayor mops his face with a handkerchief and looks beseechingly at Tom.
Fiction book (1990) -
And as her hands fly out beseechingly,
Fiction book (1990) -
"I'm sorry," she said beseechingly.
Fiction book (1995) -
She turned to him beseechingly.
Fiction book (1998) -
He looked at her beseechingly and said: "But I could move to Tokyo."
Fiction book (1990) -
He walked to the center of the room, where he raised his arms and lifted his face beseechingly.
Fiction book (2000) -
As I turned toward the front door, Orson whined beseechingly.
Fiction book (1998) -
He holds his hands out beseechingly to Canton, who stands looking at him in terror.
Fiction book (1998) -
The child looked up at his mother beseechingly, hoping for a treat.
Synonyms
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3.6
In a very urgent way because you feel a strong need or fear
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4.3
In a soft, urgent way that asks for something
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6.1
Someone shows a begging look or voice while asking for help
To ask for something in a pleading way
In a humble, begging way to ask for something
In a way that keeps asking and annoys people
Antonyms
How Pleading
Surface Forms
Morphology
beseechingly = beseeching (transparent) = beseech + ing + ly
The adverb is directly formed by adding -ly to the adjective/participle 'beseeching', so the meaning 'in a pleading manner' is predictable from the base.
Etymology
Beseechingly comes from the old verb beseech, made of be- and the familiar word seek ('to look for' or 'to ask'); think of it as 'seeking very strongly'. So to speak beseechingly is to ask or beg in a very urgent, pleading way.