Meanings
comparative more fawningly · superlative most fawningly
- 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 2012Synonyms: sycophantically, unctuously
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbIn a fawning or sycophantic manner.
Origin
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fawningly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fawningly
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