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beseechingly

beseechingly adverb: in a beseeching manner.

Adverb

beseechingly (comparative more beseechingly, superlative most beseechingly)

  1. In a beseeching manner.
    • Such heavy days, such long, long nights, such aching hearts and imploring prayers, when those who loved her best were forced to see the thin hands stretched out to them beseechingly, to hear the bitter cry, "Help me, help me!"1868, Louisa May Alcott, chapter 40, in Little Women
    • Now she opened the window and called beseechingly.1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 58

Synonyms of beseechingly

Forms of beseechingly

comparativemore beseechingly
superlativemost beseechingly

Origin of beseechingly

From beseeching + -ly.

Questions about beseechingly

What does beseechingly mean?
Beseechingly means in a beseeching manner.
What part of speech is beseechingly?
Beseechingly is an adverb.

Words near beseechingly in the dictionary

  1. beseeched
  2. beseecher
  3. beseechers
  4. beseeches
  5. beseeching
  6. beseechingly
  7. beseechingness
  8. beseechings
  9. beseechment
  10. beseechments
  11. beseeing

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