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ingratiatingly

ingratiatingly adverb: in an ingratiating manner.

Adverb

ingratiatingly (comparative more ingratiatingly, superlative most ingratiatingly)

  1. In an ingratiating manner.
    • Nabby Adams approached him ingratiatingly.1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 20

Forms of ingratiatingly

comparativemore ingratiatingly
superlativemost ingratiatingly

Origin of ingratiatingly

From ingratiating + -ly.

Questions about ingratiatingly

What does ingratiatingly mean?
Ingratiatingly means in an ingratiating manner.
What part of speech is ingratiatingly?
Ingratiatingly is an adverb.

Words near ingratiatingly in the dictionary

  1. ingrates
  2. ingratiate
  3. ingratiated
  4. ingratiates
  5. ingratiating
  6. ingratiatingly
  7. ingratiation
  8. ingratiations
  9. ingratiative
  10. ingratiator
  11. ingratiators

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