pretty please
Begging with sweetness
Pretty please is a playful intensification of please, used to add extra persuasion or charm to a request.
The phrase suggests a childlike earnestness, often deployed humorously by adults: Can I have the last cookie? Pretty please?
Sometimes extended further: pretty please with sugar on top.
- kindlyWarmly, with goodwill
- charmAttractive personal quality
- coaxingPersuading through gentle persistence
- imploringUrgently requesting with emotion
- beseechingUrgently pleading for something
on bended knee · persuasion · childlike · whimsical · playful · over-the-top · sweet-talk · puppy dog eyes · batting eyelashes · cheeky · earnest · endearment · flattery · soft spot · exaggerated · excuse me · sugar-coated · thank you
- have a heartmercy, pity, have mercy, show mercy, take pity
- persuasionpersuade, persuasion, persuasive, convince, convincing
- polite phrasesthank you, yes sir, hello, no sir, sorry
- pleasplea, pleas, prayers, entreaty, petitions