imploringly

American  

[im-plawr-ing-lee] / ɪmˈplɔr ɪŋ li /

adverb

1. in a way that expresses urgent or piteous pleading, as for aid or mercy; beseechingly.

   "No! Don't kill the spider!" gasped my daughter, looking imploringly into my eyes.

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Etymology

Origin of imploringly

implor(e) ( def. ) + -ing ² ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

In almost every case, at least one man, woman or child looks out from the penurious scene and stares squarely at the viewer, imploringly.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2023

The dancers, their arms reaching imploringly, move vividly and broadly as if washing the stage with brushstrokes.

From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2021

Several times she beseeched the crowd to quieten down, gently at first, imploringly: “It really puts me uptight and I forget the words and I get nervous,” she told them three songs in.

From The Guardian • Jul. 7, 2020

His most recent album is titled, almost imploringly, “The Blues Is Alive and Well,” and one of the cuts is “A Few Good Years”:

From The New Yorker • Mar. 4, 2019

So he patiently broke twig after twig till he had made a little hole through which he peeped, saying imploringly, ‘Let me in! Let me in!’

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

Related Words

• compellingly
• eagerly
• earnestly
• frantically
• hastily
• vigorously