wheedle
C1CEFR level
85/100Rarity: very rare
NeutralRegister
General verb
To use flattery or endearing persuasion in order to get what one wants.
He wheedled an extra week out of the examiner with a hard-luck story.
Business verb
To obtain something through flattery and coaxing.
He wheedled an extra year of support out of them with a mix of charm and persistence.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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