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English
Etymology
From coaxing + -ly.
Adverb
coaxingly (comparative more coaxingly, superlative most coaxingly)
- 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: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.'