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from The Century Dictionary.

  • So as to persuade.

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Examples

  • As for women you feel are averse, talk to them suasively; then leave them alone in bed (without molesting them) and go to bed with them (when they are willing).

    Sen vs. Malkin 2006

  • Poland's representative insisted and pleaded suasively for a hint of what had been settled.

    The Inside Story of the Peace Conference Emile Joseph Dillon 1894

  • Few observers, however, even in the Tsardom, gaged the strength or foresaw the effects of the anarchist propaganda which was being carried on suasively and perseveringly, oftentimes unwittingly, in the nursery, the school, the church, the university, and with eminent success in the army and the navy.

    The Inside Story of the Peace Conference Emile Joseph Dillon 1894

  • 'You must remember,' she added more suasively, 'that Miss Graye has

    Desperate Remedies Thomas Hardy 1884

  • 'Club laws we'll have, won't we, Mr. Knight?' said Elfride suasively.

    A Pair of Blue Eyes Thomas Hardy 1884

  • Let notable persons, the actual or virtual rulers of their districts, be summoned from all sides of France: let a true tale, of his Majesty's patriotic purposes and wretched pecuniary impossibilities, be suasively told them; and then the question put: What are we to do?

    The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838

  • ‘Club laws we’ll have, won’t we, Mr. Knight?’ said Elfride suasively.

    A Pair of Blue Eyes 2006

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