Pleadingness
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The quality of being pleading. uncountable
"This love, unknown to themselves, even while for ever felt, was not unmarked by the Duchess; and her looks had already interrogated those of Kara Aziek, with a sort of pleadingness for her son's happiness, […]"
Example
More examples"This love, unknown to themselves, even while for ever felt, was not unmarked by the Duchess; and her looks had already interrogated those of Kara Aziek, with a sort of pleadingness for her son's happiness, […]"
Etymology
From pleading + -ness.
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