wheedle
verb (used with object)
to endeavor to influence (a person) by smooth, flattering, or beguiling words or acts.
wheedlingly
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a word derived from
wheedle.
Example Sentences
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"You don't have to answer if you feel your answer might incriminate you," he said wheedlingly, but there were some names that had been publicly mentioned.
From Time Magazine Archive
She smiled at McShane and said wheedlingly, “Take Laurie bye-bye? Park? Park?”
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
"You see," said Joel, wheedlingly, "there must be such a very great lot up there, and nobody to pick 'em, Dave."
From The Adventures of Joel Pepper by Margaret Sidney
"Ah, we must be friends," he said wheedlingly.
From The Coming of the King by James Hocking
Couldn't you lend me a small sum, Mr. Keith," asked Plume, wheedlingly, "just for old times' sake?
From Gordon Keith by Thomas Nelson Page
