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entreatingly

American  
[en-treet-ing-lee] / ɛnˈtrit ɪŋ li /

adverb

  1. in a way that expresses or resembles an entreaty; pleadingly.


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“Let me see it,” requested the young woman, entreatingly.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin

“Master,” she said, in a low voice, with her eyes attentively and entreatingly fixed upon him.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

“Let me see it” requested the young woman, entreatingly.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin

Mrs. Villars looked entreatingly at her, and managed, by dint of many signs, to suppress the angry reply which was rising to her lips.

From Mabel, Vol. III (of 3) A Novel by Emma Newby

"Bear it," whispered Simeon, entreatingly, putting his arm round his reeling friend.

From For the Right by Karl Emil Franzos

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