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# wheedling

adjective; also the -ing form of wheedle

«wheedling» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Wheedling describes a soft, coaxing voice meant to get what you want. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wheedling/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, a wheedling tone is a sweet, flattering voice that is hard to refuse

### Examples

- With bows and smiles, he asked in a wheedling tone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wheedling/#x1)
- She had a wheedling way of asking for sweets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wheedling/#x2)
- The cat gave a wheedling mew. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wheedling/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «wheedling» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wheedling/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«wheedling» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wheedling.html) on Mova free.