suppliant
noun
a person who supplicates; petitioner.
suppliantly
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a word derived from
suppliant.
Example Sentences
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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
"If you don't take any more wine, Mr. Meek, we may as well go upstairs; eh, Harcourt?" and he looked suppliantly at his friend.
From The Bertrams by Anthony Trollope
To this he suppliantly replied: “Do you only spare me; the moment an opportunity is given I will again rush forth.”
From The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes by Henry T. (Henry Thomas) Riley
The captive implored pardon and suppliantly confessed his crime, a sin of imprudence.
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 Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. by Various
