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n. - Flattery designed to gain favor adj. - Pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade.

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Usage examples (33)
  • A coaxing and obsequious voice
  • Verb (used with object) : He coaxed her to sing, but she refused. ,We coaxed the secret from him. ,He coaxed the large chair through the door
  • Billy's consent to sell her pretties had been hard to get, but at last she succeeded in coaxing it out of him.
  • But the idea of coaxing Viscount Rawleigh down to Cornwall died a swift death.
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