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副詞

coaxingly (comparative more coaxingly, superlative most coaxingly)

1. In a coaxing manner.
   • 1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “Chapter 17”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, OCLC 28228280:

     She drew her arm coaxingly through the old man’s, and whispered something in his ear; and do what he would, old Lobbs couldn’t help breaking out into a smile, while a tear stole down his cheek at the same time.

   • 1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 10:

     Now Barbie took her arm, and said coaxingly, 'You could at least tell me how much of what they say is true.'

   • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 5, in The Line of Beauty, New York: Bloomsbury, OCLC 1036692193:

     Badger puffed coaxingly for a second or two, and then let out a roguish cloud of smoke.