imploratoryadj.
/ɪmˈplɒrətəri/ rare.
Of imploring or beseeching nature.
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askingOE
petitor1453
supplicatoryc1475
suppliant1550
entreating1566
placitatory1569
petitory1576
supplicant1577
suing1581
pleading1594
entreatful1596
conjuring1597
entreative1598
supplicative1601
petitionary1604
precatory1610
supplicating1612
petitioning1615
postulatorya1631
eucticala1638
obsecratory1645
placitory1651
imploring1655
precative1662
beseeching1704
obsecrationary1829
imploratory1832
suppliant-like1837
solicitive1865
solicitant1886
1832 Examiner 241/1 The tone of Lord Grey's speech..is depressed and imploratory.
1837 T. Carlyle Diamond Necklace vii, in Fraser's Mag. Jan. 18/2 On the 21st of March goes off that long exculpatory imploratory Letter.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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