suppliantly
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suppliantly (comparative more suppliantly, superlative most suppliantly)
- In a suppliant manner; in a humble or earnestly pleading manner.
- 1878, Edward Hayes Plumptre, transl., Aias, lines 1171–1175:
- Come hither, boy, and standing suppliantly,
Lay hand upon the father that begat thee,
And sitting in the guise of one who prays,
Hold in thy hands my locks, and hers, and thine,
A treasure of entreaty.
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in a suppliant manner