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Synonyms for imploringly


Grammar : Adv
Spell : im-plawr, -plohr
Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈplɔr, -ˈploʊr

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Définition of imploringly

Origin :
  • c.1500, from Middle French implorer and directly from Latin implorare "call for help, beseech," originally "invoke with weeping," from assimilated form of in- "on, upon" (see in- (2)) + plorare "to weep, cry out." Related: Implored; imploring; imploringly.
  • As in urgently : adv insistently
Example sentences :
  • It said among other matters "Don't ask me anything" so imploringly, that I didn't ask her anything.
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
  • And with his hand he gently and imploringly motioned to her to go.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • A look of caution, most imploringly given, was all his reply.
  • Extract from : « Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) » by Charles James Lever
  • "Don't leave me, dear Margaret," said Lady Emily, imploringly.
  • Extract from : « David Elginbrod » by George MacDonald
  • Gallagher looked at me imploringly while Bothwell fitted the cubes.
  • Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine
  • He held out his arms to her imploringly, and then dropped them to his side.
  • Extract from : « The Grell Mystery » by Frank Froest
  • "For God's sake, don't tell me any more," she said imploringly.
  • Extract from : « The Opal Serpent » by Fergus Hume
  • "Tell the gentleman who I am," I said imploringly through the bars.
  • Extract from : « Once a Week » by Alan Alexander Milne
  • You turn pale and glance at me imploringly, as if to solicit my silence.
  • Extract from : « The Prophet of Berkeley Square » by Robert Hichens
  • Dale waited a few minutes, and Saxe touched him imploringly.
  • Extract from : « The Crystal Hunters » by George Manville Fenn
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