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petitionary

/puh-tish-uh-ner-ee/US // pəˈtɪʃ əˌnɛr i //

请愿者,请愿人,呈请人,请愿

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of the nature of or expressing a petition.
    • : Archaic. petitioning; suppliant.

Examples

  • When the coach had come to a standstill, he opened the door with as little creaking as might be, and held out a petitionary hand.

  • And while she hesitated, from the room above came the soft, racking, petitionary music of a violin.

  • Mr. Decker could not resist the petitionary grace of those white hands and that sensitive mouth, and took her to his arms.

  • Do its requests represent the best modern conception of prayer as an inward aspiration rather than as petitionary?