Lexic.us

Definition of Ingratiatory

1. Adjective. Pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade. "Her manner is quiet and ingratiatory and a little too agreeable"

2. Adjective. Calculated to please or gain favor. "A smooth ingratiating manner"

Definition of Ingratiatory

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ingratiatory

ingrapple ingrappled ingrapples ingrappling ingrate ingrateful ingrately ingrates ingratiate ingratiated

ingratiates ingratiating ingratiatingly ingratiation ingratiations ingratiatory (current term) ingratitude ingratitudes ingrave ingravescent

ingravidation ingredient ingredients ingress ingressed ingresses ingressing ingression ingressions ingressive

Literary usage of Ingratiatory

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Coals of fire, and other stories by David Christie Murray (1882)
"He was a good-looking dog, and his smile was ingratiatory. The German girl gave him a smile and a blush, in passing, and just half a curtsy. ..."

2. Report of the Joint Committee of the Michigan Legislature of 1877, on an (1877)
"A. His manner previously I should say was ingratiatory towards Dr. Douglas, —seemed so to me,—and after that it was wholly reserved, and uncommunicative. ..."

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