suppliant
noun
a person who supplicates; petitioner.
suppliantly
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a word derived from
suppliant.
Example Sentences
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Nell fell upon one knee and stretched forth her arms suppliantly.
From Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time by George C. Hazelton
Then suppliantly she lifted not only her face, but also her hands.
From The Secret of the Storm Country by Lucius W. Hitchcock
The Mother, alarmed at the danger of her offspring, flew up, and suppliantly entreated him to spare her young ones.
From The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes by Henry T. (Henry Thomas) Riley
As she spoke, she rose, and walking softly up to him where he sat kneeled at his knees, and held out suppliantly a little bag of white silk, tied with crimson.
From The Marquis of Lossie by George MacDonald
More than a thousand years ago two Easterns seem to have expressed all this, one the Bishop Stephen, suppliantly approaching Pope Martin I., in the Lateran Synod of a.d.
From St. Peter, His Name and His Office As set forth in holy scripture by Thomas W. Allies
