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Webster 1828 Edition


Wheedling

WHEEDLING

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ppr.
Flattering; enticing by soft words.

WHEEDLING

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Noun.
The act of flattering or enticing.

Definition 2024


wheedling

wheedling

English

Verb

wheedling

  1. present participle of wheedle

Adjective

wheedling (comparative more wheedling, superlative most wheedling)

  1. coaxing, aiming to persuade.
    • 1888, Howard Pyle, Otto of the Silver Hand, ch. 9
      Then, in a soft, wheedling voice, "Canst thou not let me in, my little bird? Sure there are other lasses besides thyself who would like to trade with a poor peddler who has travelled all the way from Gruenstadt just to please the pretty ones of Trutz-Drachen."

Noun

wheedling (plural wheedlings)

  1. The act of one who wheedles.