supplicate
verb (used without object)
to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
supplicatingly
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a word derived from
supplicate.
Example Sentences
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Bracketed to the wall was a small shelf holding a plaster statue of the blue-robed Virgin Mary with her hands held out supplicatingly.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
Thou wilt have time for consideration, and thou wilt throw thyself supplicatingly into my arms....
From Gabriel A Story of the Jews in Prague by Spiegfried Kohn
I scarcely dared look at her; but I felt that those large black eyes were fixed supplicatingly upon me, and I, too, trembled.
From The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 by Various
The figure of Christ is majestic, as with a118 sign He withdraws Himself from the kneeling Magdalene, who supplicatingly extends her arms towards Him.
From Fra Angelico by Leader Scott
Once more she looked at him, despairingly and supplicatingly.
From Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso by Ossip Schubin
