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Webster 1913 Edition


Coaxingly

Coax′ing-ly

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adv.
In a coaxing manner; by coaxing.

Definition 2024


coaxingly

coaxingly

English

Adverb

coaxingly (comparative more coaxingly, superlative most coaxingly)

  1. In a coaxing manner.
    • 1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers, Chapter 17,
      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.
    • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury, 2005, Chapter 5,
      Badger puffed coaxingly for a second or two, and then let out a roguish cloud of smoke.