Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a supplicating manner; by way of supplication or humble entreaty.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a supplicating manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb
beseechingly ,imploringly , in asupplicatory manner
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Examples
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He was almost conscious of uttering some word supplicatingly, almost conscious of uttering a name.
The Mississippi Bubble Emerson Hough 1890
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He grinned appealingly, then spread his arms supplicatingly.
Seeds of Yesterday V.C. Andrews 1984
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He grinned appealingly, then spread his arms supplicatingly.
Seeds of Yesterday V.C. Andrews 1984
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He grinned appealingly, then spread his arms supplicatingly.
Seeds of Yesterday V.C. Andrews 1984
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He grinned appealingly, then spread his arms supplicatingly.
Seeds of Yesterday Andrews, V. C. 1984
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He grinned appealingly, then spread his arms supplicatingly.
Seeds of Yesterday V.C. Andrews 1984
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She lifted her belled wrists, her small hands, supplicatingly, piteously extended. to me.
Guardsman Of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1981
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I had my head thrown back and my hands stretched out supplicatingly.
The Night of the Long Knives Fritz Leiber 1951
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I scarcely dared look at her; but I felt that those large black eyes were fixed supplicatingly upon me, and I, too, trembled.
The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 Various
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Miss Blake stretched out her hands supplicatingly.
The Governess Julie Mathilde Lippmann
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