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fawningly

fawningly adverb: in a fawning or sycophantic manner.

Adverb

fawningly (comparative more fawningly, superlative most fawningly)

  1. In a fawning or sycophantic manner.
    • So it’s almost a relief to encounter an episode that allows me to be critical instead of fawningly reverent.2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 31 May...

Synonyms of fawningly

Forms of fawningly

comparativemore fawningly
superlativemost fawningly

Origin of fawningly

From fawning + -ly.

Questions about fawningly

What does fawningly mean?
Fawningly means in a fawning or sycophantic manner.
What part of speech is fawningly?
Fawningly is an adverb.

Words near fawningly in the dictionary

  1. fawney
  2. fawneys
  3. fawnies
  4. fawning
  5. fawning over
  6. fawningly
  7. fawningness
  8. fawnings
  9. fawnish
  10. fawnlike
  11. fawnlilies

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