ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Wheedly

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Wheedly is an adjective meaning Involving or characterized by wheedling (flattery, cajoling); coaxy.

Meaning

Involving or characterized by wheedling (flattery, cajoling); coaxy.

Example Sentences

Danae's voice went sweet and wheedly. ¶ 'You're big. You can heft him. Budgie's on the slight side.'
"Listen, dear," said Mrs. O'Dowd, who had begun to sound wheedly, "shall we be goin to look at the floods?"
The maids of honour (Miss Lister and Miss Paget) are very coaxy and wheedly with me, and nice creatures both of them.
There's no way the guy could be like intentionally making his voice this wheedly-sounding; it's got to be Gately's own Disease.

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