pleadingly

pleadingly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English pleading
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English pleadingly

    From pleading + -ly.

    Adverb

    pleadingly (comparative more pleadingly, superlative most pleadingly)

    1. In a pleading manner; with pleas.
      • 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 15, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 194:
        She looked from one to another pleadingly.
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