Beseechingly
[bi'si:tʃiŋli]
Definition
(adv.) in a beseeching manner; '`You must help me,' she said imploringly'.
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Examples
- I wish I could, continued Fanny, fixing her clear, still lovely blue eyes on my face beseechingly. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He started slightly on seeing her, and she looked up at him beseechingly, without speaking. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Her eyes fled to his beseechingly, and their look said: Remember, we're doing this because it's right. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Grant me till to-morrow, said Dorothea, beseechingly. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The plaintive wail which succeeded the passionate roar went to Meg's heart, and she ran up to say beseechingly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Mrs. Johnstone, said Meyler, addressing Julia beseechingly, pray intercede for me. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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