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ˈsuasively, adv. [f. prec. + -ly2.] In a suasive manner; so as to persuade.
1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. i. iii. ii, Let a true tale, of his Majesty's..wretched pecuniary impossibilities, be suasively told them. 1871Hardy Desperate Remedies xi, ‘You must remember’, she added, more suasively, ‘that Miss Graye has a perfect right to do what she likes.’ So ˈsuasiveness.
1727Bailey vol. II. 1885 Homilet. Rev. June 481 The leading examples of the early style [of preaching]..characterized by much unction and suasiveness. |