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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a cooing manner.

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  • adjective In a cooing way.

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Examples

  • He approaches her cooingly with the words, "Drop everything and give me ten...books," a quick flick of his turtle tongue.

    Archive 2006-04-02 Miss Snark 2006

  • Then she patted him on her shoulder, and tried to rock him to sleep, singing, patting him on the back cooingly when the howl of the wind startled him out of momentary slumber.

    The Way of the Wind Zoe Anderson Norris

  • The women exclaiming whene'er they touched them, cooingly as a woman does when handling jewels -- fondling them, caressing them, loving them.

    In Her Own Right John Reed Scott

  • To Juliet, to whom every purling syllable was painfully audible, it sounded cooingly, like the voice of doves.

    The Ashiel mystery A Detective Story Charles Bryce

  • "You may go now, boys," she said cooingly; "I'll speak to you later."

    Apron-Strings Eleanor Gates 1913

  • She squatted there, cooingly, like a child exhausted with its evening games.

    Never-Fail Blake Arthur Stringer 1912

  • "Hello, you good little cat!" he hailed, cooingly.

    Black Caesar's Clan : a Florida Mystery Story Albert Payson Terhune 1907

  • She says over the words, cooingly, chantingly, or frantically, as the expression marks, to which she seems to act, demand.

    Plays, Acting and Music A Book Of Theory Arthur Symons 1905

  • Homeric laughter: and Sylvain Kohn cooingly protested that no man should touch a woman, even with a flower, etc., etc.

    Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House Romain Rolland 1905

  • "Candy man," she said, cooingly, while Sidonie followed her impulsive dive, brushing the heavy auburn hair, "don't you think I am beautiful?"

    The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million O. Henry 1886

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