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ingratiatingly

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in·gra·ti·at·ing  (n-grsh-tng)
adj.
1. Pleasing; agreeable: "Reading requires an effort.... Print is not as ingratiating as television" (Robert MacNeil).
2. Calculated to please or win favor: an unctuous, ingratiating manner.
in·grati·ating·ly adv.
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Adv.1.ingratiatingly - in a flattering and ingratiating manner; "she behaves ingratiatingly toward her boss"


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Makar Alexeevich came twice that evening shuffling along in his galoshes as far as the door and stopped and looked ingratiatingly at Pierre.
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Miss Lucilla Harris inquired, briskly and ingratiatingly, tapping the counter with both hands.
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