woo
verb (used with object)
to seek the favor, affection, or love of, especially with a view to marriage.
wooingly
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a word derived from
woo.
Example Sentences
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Naturally enough, they liked to stay in camp when wind and tide were against us, but didn't care to make up lost time after dark however wooingly wind and tide might flow and blow.
From Travels in Alaska by John Muir
This guest of summer, The temple-haunting martlet, does approve, By his lov'd mansionry, that heaven's breath Smells wooingly here.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces by Samuel Johnson
Soft and delicate odours impregnated the atmosphere and tender strains of delicate music stole wooingly on the senses from the strings of a distant lute.
From If I Were King by Justin McCarthy
The night was fine, the air flowed refreshingly from the verdure of the immense woods, and the scent of the thyme and flowers of the heath, pressed by my foot, rose "wooingly on the air."
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 by Various
I love the merry moonlight, So wooingly it dances, At midnight hours, round leaves and flowers, On which the fresh dew glances.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Charles Rogers
