coaxing
🇺🇸
/ˈkəʊksɪŋ/
🇬🇧
/ˈkəʊksɪŋ/
adjective
R
gentle and persuasive
She used a coaxing tone to convince her friend.
noun
R
the act of gently persuading someone or getting a machine to work
It took a lot of coaxing to get the old car started.
translation
gentle and persuasive
the act of gently persuading someone or getting a machine to work
Word Forms
Plural
coaxings