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adv. - In a coaxing or wheedling manner.

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  • And Sergeant Bellews sat before the dark-screened communicator with sweat on his face, calling cajolingly to nothingness to come in.
  • "I haven't, but you will arrange it, won't you?" he asked cajolingly.
  • Anyway, what's wrong with a little matchmaking? 'she added cajolingly.
  • 'Surely you can spare an hour for a horseback ride,' he said cajolingly.
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