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
The rabbi consented, and she approached the prince supplicatingly.
From The Jew by Jo?zef Ignacy Kraszewski
The girl clasped her hands supplicatingly, then mutely pointed to the wall.
From Monte-Cristo's Daughter by Edmund Flagg
Selwyn turned from Lord Durwent, and his clenched hands were stretched supplicatingly towards her.
From The Parts Men Play by Arthur Beverley Baxter
He still rests his eyes supplicatingly on his father, as if he hoped he would tell him more explicitly how it had all been.
From Boris Lensky by Ossip Schubin
