Pleadingness

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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

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"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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