pleadingly
In a pleading manner; with pleas.
Adverb
- In a pleading manner; with pleas.
- She looked from one to another pleadingly. - 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 15, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 194:
Origin
Etymology tree English pleading Middle English -ly English -ly English pleadingly From pleading + -ly.