Antonyms for persuasively

Grammar : Adv

Spell : per-swey-siv, -ziv

Phonetic Transcription : pərˈsweɪ sɪv, -zɪv

Definition of persuasively

Origin : 1580s, from Middle French persuasif, from Medieval Latin persuasivus, from Latin persuas-, past participle stem of persuadere "persuade, convince" (see persuasion). Related: Persuasively; persuasiveness. Replaced earlier persuasible in this sense (see persuadable).

As in effectively : adv efficiently
As in urgently : adv insistently

Example sentences :

"You know—Sid—he could swim perfectly," she said persuasively.
Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman

"I had my reasons for the deceit, Lola," said he, persuasively.
Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever

I talked volubly, jocularly, persuasively, tenderly; I talked in a subdued tone.
Extract from : « 'Twixt Land & Sea » by Joseph Conrad

I put my plan as persuasively as I could; but the Dean did not seem to see any merit in it.
Extract from : « The Red Hand of Ulster » by George A. Birmingham

"It's a sign rather than a demonstration," he argued, persuasively.
Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad

It is well for us that the Lincoln centennial comes to say this to us persuasively and commandingly.
Extract from : « Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence » by Various

"Better let that alone," said the black-haired gambler, persuasively.
Extract from : « Peak and Prairie » by Anna Fuller

Montano came and laid his arm around Bart's shoulders, persuasively.
Extract from : « The Colors of Space » by Marion Zimmer Bradley

They had come to the stile and Emil pointed to it persuasively.
Extract from : « O Pioneers! » by Willa Cather

"I suppose you have some left," said the stranger, persuasively.
Extract from : « The Telegraph Boy » by Horatio Alger, Jr.

Synonyms for persuasively

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