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wheedling
 
Noun wheedling has 1 sense
  1. blandishment, wheedling - the act of urging by means of teasing or flattery
    --1 is a kind of enticement, temptation
    --1 has particulars: ingratiation, insinuation
    Derived form: verb wheedle1
Verb wheedle has 1 sense
  1. 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
    Derived forms: noun wheedler1, noun wheedling1
    Sample sentence:
    They wheedle him into writing the letter
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