Definition of beseeching
: expressing or marked by earnest pleading or entreaty The wretched young man arose, and with a last beseeching glance at us walked from the room. — Arthur Conan Doyle
beseechingly
adverb The children wept, and Nana ran to him beseechingly, but he waved her back. — J. M. BarrieIndulge Your Inner Word Nerd
1704
First Known Use of beseeching
1704
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