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Definition of Adulatory
1. Adjective. Obsequiously complimentary. "They listened with flattering interest"
Definition of Adulatory
1. a. Containing excessive praise or compliment; servilely praising; flattering; as, an adulatory address.
Definition of Adulatory
1. Adjective. In the manner of adulation; overly flattering. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Adulatory
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Adulatory
Literary usage of Adulatory
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest: With Anecdotes of by Agnes Strickland, Elizabeth Strickland (1843)
"... adulatory stan/as as these, the time was fast approaching whim would show that
she was in nowise distinguished above other ..."
2. A History of My Time: Memoirs of Chancellor Pasquier by duc Etienne-Denis Pasquier, Edme Armand Gaston Audiffret-Pasquier (1894)
"... imperial procession passed by — His arrest and setting at liberty owing to
the intercession of M. Pasquier — adulatory address of the Senate in reply to ..."
3. Travels: Comprising Observations Made During a Residence in the Tarentaise by Robert Bakewell (1823)
"adulatory SPEECH OF ONE OF THE SYNDICS. GENERAL APPEARANCE OF THE CITY AND
INHABITANTS. PRACTICAL INFLUENCE OF THE WRITINGS OF ROUSSEAU ON THE GENEVESE. ..."
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