adv. [f. as prec. + -LY2.] In a beseeching manner; imploringly.
1760–72. H. Brooke, Fool of Qual. (1792), V. 249. Harry, lightly throwing himself on the ground beside her, looked beseechingly around.
1830. Marryat, King’s Own, lix. ‘Don’t talk so loud!’ … said the hag, beseechingly.
1881. J. Hawthorne, Fort. Fool, I. xiii. Her childish face looked up at him beseechingly.
