wheedling

«wheedling» in Mova's school dictionary: Wheedling describes a soft, coaxing voice meant to get… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective; also the -ing form of wheedle

meaning for a pupil

Wheedling describes a soft, coaxing voice meant to get what you want. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales, a wheedling tone is a sweet, flattering voice that is hard to refuse

examples

• With bows and smiles, he asked in a wheedling tone. tree →
• She had a wheedling way of asking for sweets. tree →
• The cat gave a wheedling mew. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «wheedling» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.