ingratiatingly
English edit
Etymology edit
ingratiating + -ly
Adverb edit
ingratiatingly (comparative more ingratiatingly, superlative most ingratiatingly)
- In an ingratiating manner.
- 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 20:
- Nabby Adams approached him ingratiatingly.