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Definition of addressing : of Address

Synonyms:

beseeching, applying, imploring, greeting, approaching, appealing, petitioning, entreating, pleading, requesting, soliciting, supplicating, begging, enticing, buttonholing, accosting, inviting

Usage examples:

• Cornish looked at him for a moment, and then spoke, addressing Von Holzen. - "Roden's Corner", Henry Seton Merriman.
• She took the tone of an inferior addressing a superior. - "Put Yourself in His Place", Charles Reade.
• " I shall never be able to express to you my chagrin and my regret," he began, including the three girls in his speech but in reality addressing himself to Betty. - "The Camp Fire Girls Across the Seas", Margaret Vandercook.