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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

coaxing

· coax·ing · IPA /ˈkoʊksɪŋ/
01 adj. p. pr. of coax; as, the boys' coaxing voices.
  1. 1.
    p. pr. of coax; as, the boys' coaxing voices. See: coax
  2. 2.
    Pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade; as, bending in coaxing postures over the guns.
Syn. ingratiatory.