ingratiatingly

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adverb

In an ingratiating manner.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

adverbingratiatingly (comparative more ingratiatingly, superlative most 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

Origin

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ingratiatingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ingratiatingly

MLA

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Chicago

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