0 trying to persuade someone to do something by saying nice things about them: --
His wheedling phone call irritated her.
I knew by your wheedling tone that you wanted something from me.
1 the act of trying to persuade someone to do something by saying nice things about them: --
By patient wheedling and soft talk I managed to persuade her.
The rule will spare you endless wheedling and whining from your child.
After five minutes of wheedling, they relent.
Wheedling was not going to produce a different answer, she decided.
She didn't answer, and his tone became softer and more wheedling.
A wheedling voice came through the keyhole.
His mother wrote him long, wheedling letters.
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May 10, 2021
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