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: co-ax-in-gly. The stress falls on "ax".

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.