imploringly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.24 in modern English

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adv

"“You must help me,” she said imploringly."
"For a week or two after Wendy came it was doubtful whether they would be able to keep her, as she was another mouth to feed. Mr. Darling was frightfully proud of her, but he was very honourable, and he sat on the edge of Mrs. Darling's bed, holding her hand and calculating expenses, while she looked at him imploringly."

Etymology tree English imploring Middle English -ly English -ly English imploringly From imploring + -ly.

more imploringly (comparative) most imploringly (superlative)

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What does imploringly mean?

Beseechingly; in a manner that beseeches or implores.

Where does imploringly come from?

Etymology tree English imploring Middle English -ly English -ly English imploringly From imploring + -ly.

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