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pleadingly

pleadingly adverb: in a pleading manner; with pleas.

Adverb

pleadingly (comparative more pleadingly, superlative most pleadingly)

  1. In a pleading manner; with pleas.
    • She looked from one to another pleadingly.1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 15, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 194

Forms of pleadingly

comparativemore pleadingly
superlativemost pleadingly

Origin of pleadingly

From pleading + -ly.

Questions about pleadingly

What does pleadingly mean?
Pleadingly means in a pleading manner; with pleas.
What part of speech is pleadingly?
Pleadingly is an adverb.

Words near pleadingly in the dictionary

  1. pleading over
  2. pleading the belly
  3. pleading the blood of Jesus
  4. pleading the fifth
  5. pleading up
  6. pleadingly
  7. pleadingness
  8. pleadings
  9. pleads
  10. pleads down
  11. pleads out

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