adverb
- in a manner that earnestly asks or pleads for something
Examples
- She looked at him beseechingly, hoping he would change his mind.
- The child gazed beseechingly at his mother for permission to stay up late.
- He spoke beseechingly to the judge, asking for mercy.
- The dog stared beseechingly at the dinner table, hoping for scraps.
- She reached out beseechingly, desperate for help.
- The refugees looked beseechingly at the aid workers.