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Adjective: petitionary  pu'ti-shu,ne-ree [N. Amer], pu'ti-shu-n(u-)ree [Brit]
  1. Of the nature of or expressing a petition
    "the petitionary procedure had a quality of indecisiveness"

See also: beseeching, imploring, pleading

Encyclopedia: Petitionary