ingratiatingly

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   in a flattering and ingratiating manner

   “she behaves ingratiatingly toward her boss”

Questions about ingratiatingly

What does ingratiatingly mean?

ingratiatingly means "in a flattering and ingratiating manner".

How many syllables are in ingratiatingly?

ingratiatingly has 6 syllables and divides as in-gra-ti-a-tin-gly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is ingratiatingly a common word?

ingratiatingly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.