coaxingly

1. 1.

   in a cajoling manner

   “`Come here,' she said coaxingly”

   Synonymscajolingly

Questions about coaxingly

What does coaxingly mean?

coaxingly means "in a cajoling manner".

How many syllables are in coaxingly?

coaxingly has 4 syllables and divides as co-ax-in-gly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for coaxingly?

Close synonyms include cajolingly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is coaxingly a common word?

coaxingly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.