▪ I. coaxing, vbl. n.
(ˈkəʊksɪŋ)
The action of the verb coax.
| 1672 Marvell Reh. Transp. i. 278 This is a pretty way of cokesing indeed. 1683 tr. Erasm. Moriæ Enc. 70 Self⁓love is nothing but the coquesing up of ourselves. 1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirl. III. 138 Ready to accommodate herself, after a little coaxing, to the sacrifice. |
▪ II. ˈcoaxing, ppl. a.
That coaxes; caressing, wheedling.
| 1704 Cibber Careless Husb. i. (L.), But it must be done in a coaxing manner. 1811 L. M. Hawkins C'tess & Gertr. II. 370 ‘Well, be it as you like, you coaxing hussey.’ |
Hence ˈcoaxingly adv.
| 1713 S. Centlivre The Wonder iii. i. (Jod.), Prithee, my dear, moderate the passion (coaxingly). 1856 Kane Arct. Expl. I. 486 Calling the dogs coaxingly by name. |