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flattersome

flattersome adjective: marked by flattery; characteristically flattering.

Adjective

flattersome (comparative more flattersome, superlative most flattersome)

  1. Marked by flattery; characteristically flattering
    • Kind friends, it would be pretending of me not to let on that I know I am the party referred to by the last speaker — in far too flattersome words.2013 (originally 1916, 1928), J. M. Barrie, Delphi Complete Peter Pan Books - Works of J. M. Barrie
    • “[...] I ask you, please lift my head a little higher, sir.” “Now, ma'am,” Fox said, “I know enough to hold on to a good thing when I get it.” “Mercy me, Mistah Fox,” Sis' Duck replied. “You are mighty flattersome in your remarks. [...]”2006, Robert D. San Souci, Sister Tricksters: Rollicking Tales of Clever Females

Examples of flattersome in a sentence

  • This was said with a flattersome German deference, which gave a little added depth to the pleasurable sensations resulting from Dr.2010, Wyndham Lewis, Self Condemned:
  • It would be composed and dispatched overnight by lesser members of the flattersome company.2013, Wyndham Lewis, C.J. Fox, Journey into Barbary:

Forms of flattersome

comparativemore flattersome
superlativemost flattersome

Origin of flattersome

From flatter + -some.

Questions about flattersome

What does flattersome mean?
Flattersome means marked by flattery; characteristically flattering.
How do you use flattersome in a sentence?
This was said with a flattersome German deference, which gave a little added depth to the pleasurable sensations resulting from Dr.
What part of speech is flattersome?
Flattersome is an adjective.

Words near flattersome in the dictionary

  1. flatterings
  2. flatterize
  3. flatterous
  4. flatters
  5. flatters oneself
  6. flattersome
  7. flattery
  8. Flatterys
  9. flattest
  10. flattest-chested
  11. flattie

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