beseechingness
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (1)
- The state or quality of one who begs or implores.“The extreme and plaintive beseechingness of Irving's address to the Ghost is the distinctive novelty of his reading.”Type of humility, humbleness
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“beseechingness” is listed under Beseeching.
Be·seech′ing adjective
Entreating urgently; imploring; as, a beseeching look. — Be·seech′wb-a1′>′ing·ly, adverb — Be·seech′wb-a1′>′ing·ness, noun
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54