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Ingratiatory

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Adjective

1. coaxing, ingratiatory

pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade

Example Sentences:
'a coaxing and obsequious voice'
'her manner is quiet and ingratiatory and a little too agreeable'

2. ingratiating, ingratiatory, insinuating

calculated to please or gain favor

Example Sentences:
'a smooth ingratiating manner'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Ingratiatory

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verb
(transitive; often foll by with)
to place (oneself) purposely in the favour (of another)

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Ingratiatory

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verb transitiveWord forms: inˈgratiˌated or inˈgratiˌating
to make acceptable; esp., to bring (oneself) into another's favor or good graces by conscious effort

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Ingratiatory

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tr.v. in·gra·ti·at·ed, in·gra·ti·at·ing, in·gra·ti·ates
To bring (oneself, for example) into the favor or good graces of another, especially by deliberate effort: She quickly sought to ingratiate herself with the new administration.

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