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PLEADINGLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pleadingly mean?
• PLEADINGLY (adverb)
The adverb PLEADINGLY has 1 sense:
1. in a beseeching manner
Familiarity information: PLEADINGLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a beseeching manner
Synonyms:
beseechingly; entreatingly; imploringly; importunately; pleadingly
Context example:
'You must help me,' she said imploringly
Context examples
"I hope you don't want me to kill Mr.—er—Haythorne," he said gently, almost pleadingly.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
He whined pleadingly, and scurried playfully in and out of the underbrush.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
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