imploringly

[ im-plawr-ing-lee ]

adverb

1. in a way that expresses urgent or piteous pleading, as for aid or mercy; beseechingly:

   "No! Don't kill the spider!" gasped my daughter, looking imploringly into my eyes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of imploringly¹

implor(e) ( def ) + -ing ²( def ) + -ly

Example Sentences

In almost every case, at least one man, woman or child looks out from the penurious scene and stares squarely at the viewer, imploringly.

From Los Angeles Times

So he patiently broke twig after twig till he had made a little hole through which he peeped, saying imploringly, ‘Let me in! Let me in!’

From Literature

The dancers, their arms reaching imploringly, move vividly and broadly as if washing the stage with brushstrokes.

From New York Times

Several times she beseeched the crowd to quieten down, gently at first, imploringly: “It really puts me uptight and I forget the words and I get nervous,” she told them three songs in.

From The Guardian

Rodham replied, imploringly, “I gave him a biography of Reinhold Niebuhr.”

From New York Times

Related Words

• compellingly
• eagerly
• earnestly
• frantically
• hastily
• vigorously