adjective
- expressing or characterized by humble entreaty or petition
Usage: formal
Examples
- The prisoner’s supplicatory letter to the governor requested clemency.
- She spoke in a supplicatory tone, hoping for forgiveness.
- The supplicatory gesture of kneeling showed his desperation.
- His supplicatory words fell on deaf ears.
- The refugees made supplicatory appeals for aid.
- Her supplicatory expression revealed her urgent need for help.