Beseechingly
to implore urgently:
They besought him to go at once.
to beg eagerly for; solicit.
to make urgent appeal:
Earnestly did I beseech, but to no avail.
Historical Examples
Rainbow Valley Lucy Maud Montgomery
Floyd Grandon’s Honor Amanda Minnie Douglas
Rose in Bloom Louisa May Alcott
The Doomsman Van Tassel Sutphen
Yekl Abraham Cahan
The Light of Scarthey Egerton Castle
When Patty Went to College Jean Webster
Peter and Wendy James Matthew Barrie
The Emperor, Complete Georg Ebers
Madge Morton’s Victory Amy D.V. Chalmers
verb -seeches, -seeching, -sought, -seeched
(transitive) to ask (someone) earnestly (to do something or for something); beg
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