wheedling
noun
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adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English wheedle English -ing English wheedling From wheedle + -ing.
- Coaxing, aiming to persuade.
“Then, in a soft, wheedling voice, "Canst thou not let me in, my little bird? Sure there are other lasses besides thyself who would like to trade with a poor peddler who has travelled all the way from Gruenstadt just to please the pretty ones of Trutz-Drachen."”
“ESTRAGON: That would be too bad, really too bad. [Pause.] Wouldn't it, Didi, be really too bad? [Pause.] When you think of the beauty of the way. [Pause.] And the goodness of the wayfarers. [Pause. Wheedling.] Wouldn't it, Didi?”
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English wheedle English -ing English wheedling From wheedle + -ing.
- The act of one who wheedles.
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree English wheedle English -ing English wheedling From wheedle + -ing.
- present participle and gerund of wheedle