wooingly

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English

Etymology

From wooing +‎ -ly.

Adverb

wooingly (comparative more wooingly, superlative most wooingly)

  1. In a wooing manner; enticingly; with persuasiveness or seduction.
    • c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :
      Smells wooingly here; no jutty, frieze,
    • 1902, John Philip Sousa, The Fifth String, Chapter V:
      "Yes," I cried, startled at her candor, "to win your love." Hope slowly rekindled within my breast, and then with half-closed eyes, and wooingly, she said:
      "No drooping Clytie could be more constant than I to him who strikes the chord that is responsive in my soul."
    • 1905, Bernard Capes, A Jay of Italy, Chapter 2:
      'Sing to me, Bernardino,' she whispered wooingly, 'sith the cloud is gone from our moon, and I am in the will to love.'

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