COAXINGLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coaxingly mean? 

• COAXINGLY (adverb)
  The adverb COAXINGLY has 1 sense:

1. in a cajoling manner

  Familiarity information: COAXINGLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COAXINGLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a cajoling manner

Synonyms:

cajolingly; coaxingly

Context example:

'Come here,' she said coaxingly

 Context examples 

But, aunt, said Dora, coaxingly, now listen.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Turning to Meg, who never refused her anything very long, she said coaxingly, Do tell me!

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

“Oh, please don't be practical!” said Dora, coaxingly.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

“Have a blow at it,” said the old woman, coaxingly.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

It was as if I had seen Dora, in all her fascinating artlessness, caressing Agnes, and thanking her, and coaxingly appealing against me, and loving me with all her childish innocence.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

We were sitting as before, one evening (when my mother was out as before), in company with the stocking and the yard-measure, and the bit of wax, and the box with St. Paul's on the lid, and the crocodile book, when Peggotty, after looking at me several times, and opening her mouth as if she were going to speak, without doing it—which I thought was merely gaping, or I should have been rather alarmed—said coaxingly: Master Davy, how should you like to go along with me and spend a fortnight at my brother's at Yarmouth?

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)