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Entreatingly   Listen
adverb
Entreatingly  adv.  In an entreating manner.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Entreatingly" Quotes from Famous Books



... if you must do so, expel me only, and not Charlie, I can bear it, but do not let me ruin him also. O I implore you, sir, for the love of God do, do forgive him. It is I who have misled him;" and he flung himself on his knees, and lifted his hands entreatingly towards the Doctor. ...
— Eric • Frederic William Farrar

... as man-flesh," Constance smiled entreatingly, as she laid her hand upon my shoulder. "Let Tom be harnessed ...
— The Allen House - or Twenty Years Ago and Now • T. S. Arthur

... received a glance from her mother, and was gone already to try what Claudine's resources could produce. Mrs. Costello leaned forward, and laid her hand entreatingly on ...
— A Canadian Heroine - A Novel, Volume 3 (of 3) • Mrs. Harry Coghill

... dare! Jack may have the second kiss, but I have had the first," he replied. Then his manner changed, and he said, entreatingly, "Forgive me, Eloise, I was beside myself for a moment. Don't give me an answer now. Think of what I have said while you are gone, if you will go; and if you fail, remember this is your home and your mother's, just as much as it will ...
— The Cromptons • Mary J. Holmes

... You may not understand all I tell you, my child, but when I die my whole fortune must go to my son. He is my heir. When I die who will take my place if he is not here? Can you understand what I am saying, little girl?" said the old man, almost entreatingly. ...
— Nobody's Girl - (En Famille) • Hector Malot

... now—not now," said she entreatingly; and, rising at the same time, she turned to leave the room. I still held her hand, and pressed it within mine. I thought she returned the pressure. I leaned forward to catch her eye, when the door was opened hastily, and a most extraordinary ...
— The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete • Charles James Lever (1806-1872)

... little Madame Reddon, raising her hands and clasping them entreatingly before her, "we have come to seek vengeance upon this miserable! This villain m'sieu! He has taken our money and made fools of us. Surely you will give ...
— True Stories of Crime From the District Attorney's Office • Arthur Train

... down her back, or bend this way or that, as if the hand were a branding iron. So long as I stood by her head she felt safe—deluded creature—and chewed the cud of sweet content; but the moment I left her side she seemed filled with apprehension, and followed me with her eyes, lowing softly and entreatingly till I returned. ...
— The Galaxy - Vol. 23, No. 1 • Various

... no, you can't!" cried Mrs. Friend in distress. "You can't treat your guardian like that! Do tell me what it's all about!" And bending forward, she laid her two small hands entreatingly on the girl's knee. She looked so frail and pitiful as she did so, in her plain black, that Helena was momentarily touched. For the first time her new chaperon appeared to her as something else than a mere receiver into which, or at which, ...
— Helena • Mrs. Humphry Ward



Words linked to "Entreatingly" :   importunately, beseechingly



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