pleadingness

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

pleading +‎ -ness

Noun[edit]

pleadingness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being pleading.
    • 1817, Anna Maria Porter, Don Sebastian, page 266:
      This love, unknown to themselves, even while for ever felt, was not unmarked by the Duchess; and her looks had already interrogated those of Kara Aziek, with a sort of pleadingness for her son's happiness, […]
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