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ingratiatingly adverb disapprovinguk /ɪnˈɡreɪ.ʃiː.eɪ.tɪŋ.li/ us /ɪnˈɡreɪ.ʃiː.eɪ.t̬ɪŋ.li/ in a way that is intended to make people like you : One of the interviewers ingratiatingly compared him to Charlie Chaplin. She tidied her notes and smiled ingratiatingly at the judge. The waiter smiled ingratiatingly as he produced the wine list. At the banquet she spoke ingratiatingly about the two countries' shared economic vision. She is ingratiatingly charming and is always dropping the names of celebrities she has worked with. He spoke ingratiatingly about his admiration for African culture. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Praising insincerely or too eagerly backhanded compliment bootlicker bow and scrapeidiom crawler creep flummery glad-handing grovel grovelling grovellingly obsequious obsequiously people pleaser play up to someone schmooze sycophantically toady toadying truckle unctuous
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