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flatteringly
adverb
uk /ˈflæt.ər.ɪŋ.li/ us /ˈflæt̬.ɚ.ɪŋ.li/
in a way that makes someone look or seem better or more attractive than usual:
She wore a flatteringly cut ballgown.
The critics have all reviewed her new novel very flatteringly.
It always makes me a little uncomfortable when people talk about my work so flatteringly.
Flatteringly, she said in her speech that she wouldn't have succeeded without my help.
He was known at work by the nickname "Mr Big" and, less flatteringly, also as "The Bulldozer".
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