Coaxingly

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a coaxing manner.

    "She drew her arm coaxingly through the old man’s, and whispered something in his ear; and do what he would, old Lobbs couldn’t help breaking out into a smile, while a tear stole down his cheek at the same time."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a cajoling manner wordnet

Synonyms

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cajolinglycajolingly

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"She drew her arm coaxingly through the old man’s, and whispered something in his ear; and do what he would, old Lobbs couldn’t help breaking out into a smile, while a tear stole down his cheek at the same time."

Etymology

From coaxing + -ly.

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