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coaxingly

ADVERB
  1. in a cajoling manner
    `Come here,' she said coaxingly

How To Use coaxingly In A Sentence

  • Meg kept silence a while, then she said coaxingly, 'Si is a pretty name eneuch; 'tis short an' sweet; gie me a kiss, Si, 'she wheedled, with a gentle clasp about his waist. Border Ghost Stories
  • The strong swimmer is in the lake at Glencarrick; he swims for life and death; the little child is on his back; wet and bewildered; he feels the touch of its small soft frightened lips, pressed coaxingly on his neck, on his shoulder; he hears its terrified cry over the waters: "Clephane! my darlin 'Clephane!" he sees Clephane sinking - sinking - sinking - among reeds and a tangled network of weeds. Stuart of Dunleath: A Story of Modern Times
  • `Come here,' she said coaxingly
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