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wooingly

wooingly adverb: in a wooing manner; enticingly; with persuasiveness or seduction.

Adverb

wooingly (comparative more wooingly, superlative most wooingly)

  1. In a wooing manner; enticingly; with persuasiveness or seduction.
    • Smells wooingly here; no jutty, frieze,c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
    • "Yes," I cried, startled at her candor, "to win your love." Hope slowly rekindled within my breast, and then with half-closed eyes, and wooingly, she said:
      "No drooping Clytie could be more constant than I to him who strikes the chord that is responsive in my soul."1902, John Philip Sousa, The Fifth String, Chapter V

Forms of wooingly

comparativemore wooingly
superlativemost wooingly

Origin of wooingly

From wooing + -ly.

Questions about wooingly

What does wooingly mean?
Wooingly means in a wooing manner; enticingly; with persuasiveness or seduction.
What part of speech is wooingly?
Wooingly is an adverb.

Words near wooingly in the dictionary

  1. woofy
  2. wooh
  3. woohay
  4. woohoo
  5. wooing
  6. wooingly
  7. wooings
  8. wooish
  9. wook
  10. Wookey
  11. Wookey Hole

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