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Adjective coaxing has 1 sense
- coaxing, ingratiatory - pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade; "a coaxing and obsequious voice"; "her manner is quiet and ingratiatory and a little too agreeable"
Antonym: dissuasive (indirect, via persuasive)
Noun coaxing has 1 sense
- blarney, coaxing, soft soap, sweet talk - flattery designed to gain favor
--1 is a kind of flattery
Verb coax has 1 sense
- wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle - influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along"
--1 is one way to persuade
Sample sentence:
They coax him into writing the letter
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