Askingly

How askingly It’s footsteps t’ward me bend? It seems to say, “And have I then one Friend?”

“I don’t know whether this is something your wife ever knew about or not?” he began askingly.

Aspiration is looking askingly; to reach a desirable result one must look askingly toward that which can fulfill.

“That can’t possibly be true,” I say. But he looks at me so sadly, askingly, across his desk—