suppliantly, adv.
(ˈsʌplɪəntlɪ)
[f. suppliant a.1 + -ly2.]
In a suppliant manner, or as a suppliant; in the way of supplication; beseechingly.
| 1565 Stapleton tr. Bede's Hist. Ch. Eng. 158 Entreating as suppliantly as I could to have licence to galloppe my horse..with the other younge men. 1605 Camden Rem. (1637) 255 His brother John..came in.. and suppliantly besought Richard, brotherly to pardon his..offences. 1750 Student I. 139 Can [he]..not prostrate himself..before the throne of grace, and suppliantly implore the divine mercy for his..sins? 1842 G. S. Faber Prov. Lett. (1844) I. 230 Suppliantly invocating the saints. 1895 Daily News 10 May 6/3 Two hundred members of the House of Commons called at his private house..suppliantly to ascertain how they stood with him. |