Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
pleadingly
adverb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Kathleen lifted her head and met Jack's eyes pleadingly.
▪ She looked at him pleadingly, trying to will him to say them.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pleadingly
Pleadingly \Plead"ing*ly\, adv. In a pleading manner.
Wiktionary
pleadingly
adv. In an pleading manner; with pleas.
WordNet
pleadingly
adv. in a beseeching manner; "`You must help me,' she said imploringly" [syn: beseechingly, importunately, imploringly, entreatingly]
Usage examples of "pleadingly".
Inside, Wheat, who stood nearest to it, had several plates of muffins and pancakes and eggs balanced on each arm, and she looked pleadingly at the new arrivals.
Karal dropped down to his knees beside the Firecat, looking pleadingly into those blue eyes.
He whined and shivered, and my young blood mixed on his slavering chops with gamey saliva and thick eye-mucus as he girned and looked shakily and pleadingly up at my father, who picked him up and strangled him.