beseeching

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of beseech

noun

1. A heartfelt plea.

   “The ability to blithely make wrong turns without serious directional consequences is, of course, one of the hallmarks of PNDs — and a feature that allows me to ignore my wife’s beseechings and merrily proceed on my way without ever stopping to ask for directions.”