cooingly

Variant of coo

intransitive verb

  1. to make the soft, murmuring sound of pigeons or doves, or a sound like this
  2. to speak gently and lovingly

Origin: echoic

transitive verb

to express gently and lovingly; utter with a coo

noun

the sound made in cooing

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