Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of wheedling; cajolery.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective p. pr. of
coax . - adjective Pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade.
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- verb Present participle of
coax . - adjective Serving to coax.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun flattery designed to gain favor
- adjective pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade
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Examples
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Billy's consent to sell her pretties had been hard to get, but at last she succeeded in coaxing it out of him.
CHAPTER XIX 2010
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Erotic images prove useful in coaxing out unconscious brain activity
Six word story 2006
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The senior quarterback with the pro-style touch made the big plays and avoided interceptions against a defense that led the nation in coaxing them.
USATODAY.com - College Football - Louisville vs. Cincinnati 2006
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Hearing Hope: Researchers have succeeded in coaxing ear cells to regenerate, providing hope for the deaf:
Archive 2003-06-01 2003
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Hearing Hope: Researchers have succeeded in coaxing ear cells to regenerate, providing hope for the deaf:
Medpundit 2003
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One might imagine that the amount of time and trouble one spends in coaxing a truant word back into the memory would inscribe it indelibly on one's heart and ensure that that particular creature, at any rate, should never escape again: whereas in fact, like a once-dislocated ankle, it is more than ever liable to slip out.
Try Anything Twice 1938
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Billy's consent to sell her pretties had been hard to get, but at last she succeeded in coaxing it out of him.
Chapter 19 1913
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Mr. K — had some difficulty in coaxing the picture from the old chief; so pleased was he with this rude representation of himself.
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I at last succeeded in coaxing Hector into the girl's room, where I shut him up, while the stranger came into the kitchen, and walked to the fire to dry his wet clothes.
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But the idea of coaxing Viscount Rawleigh down to Cornwall died a swift death.
Unforgiven Balogh, Mary 1998
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