imploringly
In pleading manner
Imploringly describes the manner of someone who is begging or pleading urgently.
It characterizes actions—especially looks, gestures, or speech—that convey desperate appeal.
She looked at him imploringly, hoping he would change his mind.
The adverb suggests vulnerability and emotional intensity, often appearing in narrative prose to describe characters seeking help or mercy.
With unyielding pressure
- urgentlyWith pressing immediacy
- vehementlyWith intense force
- emphaticallyWith strong emphasis
- forcefullyWith strong intensity
compellingly · pressingly · persistently · unrelentingly · demandingly · pleadingly · beseechingly · entreatingly
Urgently pleading for something
- entreatyEarnest, urgent request
- supplicationHumble plea for help
- beggingEarnest desperate requesting
- pleaFormal request or defense
petition · appealing · requesting · soliciting · importuning · adjuring · interceding · invoking
With genuine feeling
- genuinelyIn a real manner
- heartfeltDeeply and sincerely meant
- ferventlyWith intense passionate feeling
- earnestlyWith deep sincerity
passionately · ardently · devotedly · wholeheartedly · deeply · profoundly · truthfully · honestly
Without pride or arrogance
- meeklyIn docile manner
- submissivelyIn yielding deference
- deferentiallyWith respectful yielding
- respectfullyIn a deferential way
penitently · contritely · remorsefully · apologetically · self-effacingly · reverently · obsequiously · servilely
With urgent intensity
- urgentlyWith pressing immediacy
- franticallyIn desperate haste
- helplesslyWithout ability to cope
- hopelesslyWithout any expectation
anguished · distressed · panicked · distraught · stricken · anxiously · fearfully · grievously
insistently
With unyielding pressure
- urgentlyWith pressing immediacy
- vehementlyWith intense force
- emphaticallyWith strong emphasis
forcefully · compellingly · pressingly · persistently · unrelentingly · demandingly · pleadingly · beseechingly · entreatingly · clamorously
beseeching
Urgently pleading for something
- entreatyEarnest, urgent request
- supplicationHumble plea for help
- beggingEarnest desperate requesting
plea · petition · appealing · requesting · soliciting · importuning · adjuring · interceding · invoking · craving
sincerely
With genuine feeling
- genuinelyIn a real manner
- heartfeltDeeply and sincerely meant
- ferventlyWith intense passionate feeling
earnestly · passionately · ardently · devotedly · wholeheartedly · deeply · profoundly · truthfully · honestly · soulfully
humbly
Without pride or arrogance
- meeklyIn docile manner
- submissivelyIn yielding deference
- deferentiallyWith respectful yielding
respectfully · penitently · contritely · remorsefully · apologetically · self-effacingly · reverently · obsequiously · servilely · timidly
desperately
With urgent intensity
- urgentlyWith pressing immediacy
- franticallyIn desperate haste
- helplesslyWithout ability to cope
hopelessly · anguished · distressed · panicked · distraught · stricken · anxiously · fearfully · grievously · mournfully
imploringlydemandingly
In an insistent manner
commandingly · imperiously · authoritatively · peremptorily · dictatorially
imploringlycoldly
Without emotional warmth
indifferently · dispassionately · detachedly · coolly · matter-of-factly