coaxing

noun, adj — 2 senses

coaxing

noun

UK /ˈkəʊksɪŋ/ · US /ˈkoʊksɪŋ/

1

The act of one who coaxes.

After innumerable coaxings and threats, he agreed to do it.
Her mother was ever at her side, seeking with coaxings and evil advice to drive her to the irrevocable step.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:

coaxing

adj

1

That coaxes.

“Poor little thing!” said Alice, in a coaxing tone, and she tried hard to whistle to it;1865, Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland:

Derived terms: coaxingly, uncoaxing

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