beseeching

Etymology

verb

1. 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. September 20, 2009, John R. Quain, “Getting Lost With a Cellphone”, in New York Times