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Wheedling

adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Coaxing, aiming to persuade.

    "Then, in a soft, wheedling voice, "Canst thou not let me in, my little bird? Sure there are other lasses besides thyself who would like to trade with a poor peddler who has travelled all the way from Gruenstadt just to please the pretty ones of Trutz-Drachen.""

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of one who wheedles.
  2. 2
    the act of urging by means of teasing or flattery wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of wheedle form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From wheedle + -ing.

Etymology 2

From wheedle + -ing.

Etymology 3

From wheedle + -ing.

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