ˈsuasively, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a suasive manner; so as to persuade.
| 1837 Carlyle Fr. Rev. i. iii. ii, Let a true tale, of his Majesty's..wretched pecuniary impossibilities, be suasively told them. 1871 Hardy Desperate Remedies xi, ‘You must remember’, she added, more suasively, ‘that Miss Graye has a perfect right to do what she likes.’ |
So ˈsuasiveness.
| 1727 Bailey vol. II. 1885 Homilet. Rev. June 481 The leading examples of the early style [of preaching]..characterized by much unction and suasiveness. |