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
"We have talked of birds," said he, wheedlingly.
From Old Man Curry Race Track Stories by Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
"You know how anxious I am to help you, to further your interests, Matthew," said he wheedlingly.
From The Deluge by David Graham Phillips
Now and again men came, strangers, who talked excitedly, wheedlingly, and in all kinds of fashions to the man in the red sweater.
From The Call of the Wild by Jack London
