Coaxing can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.
Adjective |
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| coaxing - pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade; "a coaxing and obsequious voice"; "her manner is quiet and ingratiatory and a little too agreeable" | ||
Verb |
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| coax - influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along" |
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| 1. | adj. | A coaxing and obsequious voice. | |
| 2. | verb | It still amazes me what she could coax out of table scraps. | |
| 3. | verb | It had seemed to me sometimes that she liked to be alone with me, or to coax me out for a walk with her, but I had never thought anything of that. | |
| 4. | verb | The cork is jammed into the neck pretty bad. If you have a knife with a really thin blade, I might be able to coax it out. | |
| 5. | verb | Yanni tried to coax Skura into sending him money. |
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| adj. | |
| A coaxing and obsequious voice. |
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| It still amazes me what she could coax out of table scraps. | |
| It had seemed to me sometimes that she liked to be alone with me, or to coax me out for a walk with her, but I had never thought anything of that. | |
| The cork is jammed into the neck pretty bad. If you have a knife with a really thin blade, I might be able to coax it out. | |
| Yanni tried to coax Skura into sending him money. | |