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Definition of Flatteringly
1. adv. With flattery.
Definition of Flatteringly
1. Adverb. In a flattering manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flatteringly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flatteringly
Literary usage of Flatteringly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Diary and Letters of Gouverneur Morris: Minister of the United States to by Gouverneur Morris (1888)
"Interview with Baron de Dolberg. Paris again. Flatteringly received by the Comte
de Montmorin. Morris presents a dog to the Duchess of Orleans. ..."
2. A Narrative of Major General Wool's Campaign in Mexico: In the Years 1846 by Francis Baylies (1851)
"In reference, however, to the battle of Buena Vista, to which you have so
flatteringly alluded, my services prior to and during that engagement are ..."
3. The Idler in Italy by Marguerite Blessington (1839)
"They kindly, and flatteringly assert that they shall never be enabled to pass
the Casa Chiesa without sorrow; and more than one poetical effusion has been ..."
4. Schriften von Friedrich von Gentz: Ein Denkmal by Friedrich von Gentz, Johannes von Müller, Gustav Schlesier, Rahel Varnhagen, Karl August Varnhagen von Ense, Alexander von Humboldt, James Mackintosh, Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Johann Friedrich Cotta (1840)
"You speak most flatteringly of your intention to translate the speech. It would
be the highest honour that any work of mine could receive, but i am sure, ..."
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