She smiled ingratiatingly. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
She behaves ingratiatingly toward her boss. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : an ingratiating manner. From Dictionary.com.
"It is still fully light -- and," ingratiatingly, "did you say you were going to telegraph. From Wordnik.com. [The Opened Shutters] Reference
"Is Mrs. Nelson at home?" he asked ingratiatingly. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle Or, The Girl Miner of Gold Run] Reference
And he held his hands up and smiled ingratiatingly. From Wordnik.com. [Hawaii]
Mudge smiled ingratiatingly up at the ghostly horror. From Wordnik.com. [The Moment Of The Magician]
A small boy with a grimy face grinned ingratiatingly. From Wordnik.com. [Hercule Poirot's Casebook]
He gave me a reproachful look and said ingratiatingly. From Wordnik.com. [Tales From The Secret Annex]
She had the nerve to smile ingratiatingly at the slip. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of Chaos]
He leaned ingratiatingly, whimsically, admiringly near. From Wordnik.com. [The Titan] Reference
"We are lost, " said one of the shapes, ingratiatingly. From Wordnik.com. [Kajira Of Gor]
He was small, furtive-eyed, and ingratiatingly friendly. From Wordnik.com. [The Status Civilization] Reference
Then the man with the black mustache smiled ingratiatingly. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
"I'm going to comb your hair," she announced ingratiatingly. From Wordnik.com. [Chicken Little Jane] Reference
Rosemary stifled a small pink yawn and smiled ingratiatingly. From Wordnik.com. [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920] Reference
"You're doing a fine job, a fine job," he said ingratiatingly. From Wordnik.com. [The Witness]
I looked him in the eyes and smiled as ingratiatingly as I could. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Case]
Mandras smiled ingratiatingly and said, 'That's exactly it, Iatre. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Corelli's Mandolin]
She spoke ingratiatingly, with a hiss of badly fitting false teeth. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
"And a cunning plan it is, my Queen," Sir Jehan said ingratiatingly. From Wordnik.com. [Prison Of Souls]
The thief smiled ingratiatingly, and Corelli clicked back the hammer. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Corelli's Mandolin]
‘Huh!’ said Kim, recognizing Hurree Babu, who smiled ingratiatingly. From Wordnik.com. [Kim] Reference
The man tried to smile ingratiatingly but his face wasn't designed for it. From Wordnik.com. [The I Inside]
He smiled ingratiatingly at Joanne but was unable to disguise his dislike. From Wordnik.com. [A Small Death in the Great Glen] Reference
"Just a few days out from the Tailaroam," Mudge volunteered ingratiatingly. From Wordnik.com. [The Day of the Dissonance]
A trooper entered the chamber, called out ingratiatingly, "Captain-Supervisor?". From Wordnik.com. [Splinter Of The Mind's Eye]
With difficulty he located them and extended their yawning depths ingratiatingly. From Wordnik.com. [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920] Reference
I'd ask how we can be so brilliant and so ingratiatingly humble at the same time?. From Wordnik.com. [A BAD IDEA: The Mir Interviews The Hafer Brothers] Reference
With difficulty he located them, and extended their yawning depths ingratiatingly. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Jazz Age] Reference
The one in front of me put a hand ingratiatingly behind my head and pulled me close. From Wordnik.com. [Dragonfly in Amber]
Martin Morley slunk into a chair and eyed the woman by the cook-stove ingratiatingly. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the Hills] Reference
The Vorta smiled ingratiatingly at his guests and clasped his hands eagerly before him. From Wordnik.com. [THE WAR OF THE PROPHETS] Reference
He smiled down ingratiatingly at her, making his eyes go wide and waggling his eyebrows. From Wordnik.com. [Dragon's Fire]
Close upon his heels was Hugo Van Diest, smiling ingratiatingly and bowing to the company. From Wordnik.com. [Men of Affairs] Reference
The boy crawled closer, smiling ingratiatingly, nodding his head like a snake hoping to strike. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
She smiled oddly and rather ingratiatingly, a smile and a mood which Clyde failed to interpret. From Wordnik.com. [An American Tragedy] Reference
So I was wondering how to get you to subscribe without me being too ingratiatingly self-serving. From Wordnik.com. [RSS, or else. - 22 Words] Reference
They seemed pretty content with their lot and often tried to smile ingratiatingly at the drivers. From Wordnik.com. [Fanny Goes to War] Reference
“Oh, possibly thirty-five or forty per cent. of the whole,” replied Schryhart, ingratiatingly. From Wordnik.com. [The Titan] Reference
If possible, Jed's expression grew even meaner, but Jeremy merely smiled ingratiatingly in return. From Wordnik.com. [The Taste of Coins from Treasure Troves] Reference
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