pleadingly

English

Etymology

From pleading +‎ -ly.

Adverb

pleadingly (comparative more pleadingly, superlative most pleadingly)

1. In an 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.