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Meanings of ingratiating in English

Calculated to please or gain favor.

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Usage of ingratiating in English
1
The children were dry; some of them had become ingratiating, even affectionate.
By the Light of the Soul: A Novel
2
She was there with the object of ingratiating herself with the Duke.
The Duke's Children
3
The statue melted a trifle in the sunshine of Gabe's ingratiating smile.
Buttered Side Down: Stories
4
The constant refrain of ingratiating desperation is in some ways more shocking.
The Guardian
5
So she went right on in her brisk tone of ingratiating authority.
Children of the Whirlwind
6
But directly I appeared she began to speak in an ingratiating voice.
The Arrow of Gold: A Story Between Two Notes
7
How to set about ingratiating ourselves with the fellows, was the difficulty.
A Voyage round the World / A book for boys
8
Then he turned to another child and said with an ingratiating smile:
Nobody's Boy / Sans Famille
9
Then he realized that the soft, ingratiating tones were sounding once more.
The Masquerader
10
He heard a sigh, and she said in a low, ingratiating tone-
The Pilot and His Wife
11
He can be bullying or ingratiating, depending on his own internal calculations.
BBC
12
The kitten appeared from under the vendor's seat with an ingratiating purr.
The War in the Air
13
Her voice was quite sweet and ingratiating, and not at all patronizing.
By the Light of the Soul: A Novel
14
It became as strangely ingratiating as it had been horrified, suspicious, before.
Black Jack
15
An ingratiating, but nervous, smile came into view behind the pointed mustache.
The Prince and Betty
16
Her health is extremely bad, and her temper neither ingratiating nor bending.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2
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Ingratiating across language varieties
United Kingdom
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United States of America
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