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suppliantly
adverb
formaluk /ˈsʌp.li.ənt.li/ us /ˈsʌp.li.ənt.li/
If you ask for something suppliantly, you ask in a very sincere, emotional, and determined way:
He knelt suppliantly on the pavement, begging forgiveness from a hostile crowd.
The state was forced to suppliantly ask Congress to pay for the repairs out of the federal treasury.
He suppliantly implored the judges with tears, and then brought his children out, hoping to excite compassion.
They confessed all their sins to a priest, suppliantly asking for pardon.
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