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coaxingly

coaxingly adverb: in a coaxing manner.

Adverb

coaxingly (comparative more coaxingly, superlative most coaxingly)

  1. In a coaxing manner.
    • She drew her arm coaxingly through the old man’s, and whispered something in his ear; and do what he would, old Lobbs couldn’t help breaking out into a smile, while a tear stole down his cheek at the same time.1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “Chapter 17”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC
    • Now Barbie took her arm, and said coaxingly, 'You could at least tell me how much of what they say is true.'1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 10

Forms of coaxingly

comparativemore coaxingly
superlativemost coaxingly

Origin of coaxingly

From coaxing + -ly.

Questions about coaxingly

What does coaxingly mean?
Coaxingly means in a coaxing manner.
What part of speech is coaxingly?
Coaxingly is an adverb.

Words near coaxingly in the dictionary

  1. coaxial cables
  2. coaxiality
  3. coaxially
  4. coaxials
  5. coaxing
  6. coaxingly
  7. coaxings
  8. coaxis
  9. Coaxum
  10. Coaxums
  11. coaxy

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