entreatingly

With urgent supplication

In a manner that pleads or begs earnestly.

Someone who speaks entreatingly is appealing for help, mercy, or consideration: She looked at him entreatingly, hoping he would change his mind.

The word suggests emotional urgency without quite reaching desperation.

manner

imploringly

In a pleading way

earnestly · fervently · urgently · insistently · plaintively · piteously · pathetically · wistfully · longingly · yearningly

action

begging

Earnest desperate requesting

supplicating · petitioning · appealing · requesting · asking · praying · urging · exhorting · adjuring · invoking

expression

wide-eyed

Showing naive amazement

kneeling · on bended knee · teary-eyed · open palms

Opposites
manner of requesting

entreatinglydemandingly

In an insistent manner

commandingly · imperiously · authoritatively · dictatorially · peremptorily

Family

entreating

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