Persuasively
[pɚ'swesɪvli]
Definition
(adv.) in a persuasive manner; 'this essay argues so persuasively...'.
Checker: Marie--From WordNet
Examples
- Mr. Harthouse took him persuasively by the coat. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Betteredge lifted my glass, and put it persuasively into my hand. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- My advice, said Mrs. Weston kindly and persuasively, I certainly do feel tempted to give. Jane Austen. Emma.
- According to your own account I'm not worth much,' Wegg reasons persuasively. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Let me call some one else, sir, said Mary, persuasively. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- And he began again to speak persuasively. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Come, Pip, said Joe, persuasively, if there warn't no weal-cutlets, at least there was dogs? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Now, just a leetle drop,' said Mrs. Mann persuasively. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
Checker: Marie