dissuade
verb (used with object)
to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed byfrom ).
dissuasively
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a word derived from
dissuade.
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a word derived from
dissuasive.
Example Sentences
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Nurses and mothers would anxiously pull away their little ones who were casting sheep's eyes at the sweetstuff: "Dirty!" they would say dissuasively; "dirty!"
From The Aspirations of Jean Servien by Anatole France
"But you do not know who or what she may be," I argued dissuasively.
From The Doctor's Daughter by [pseud.] Vera
