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Definition of Sycophantically
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sycophantically
Literary usage of Sycophantically
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Portraits of the Seventies by George William Erskine Russell (1916)
"... and the chaplains, curates, and candidates, taking their cue from the Archbishop's
eyebrows, sniffed sycophantically. Nettled by this incredulity, ..."
2. Nile Notes of a Howadji by George William Curtis (1851)
"... eyes more miserably dwindled, and the smoke curled more lightly from his pipe.
His body squirmed snake-like as he glanced, sycophantically entreating, ..."
3. Nile Notes of a Howadji by George William Curtis (1852)
"... eyes more miserably dwindled, and the smoke curled more lightly from his pipe.
His body squirmed snake-like as he glanced, sycophantically entreating, ..."
4. Portraits of the Seventies by George William Erskine Russell (1916)
"... and the chaplains, curates, and candidates, taking their cue from the Archbishop's
eyebrows, sniffed sycophantically. Nettled by this incredulity, ..."
5. Nile Notes of a Howadji by George William Curtis (1851)
"... eyes more miserably dwindled, and the smoke curled more lightly from his pipe.
His body squirmed snake-like as he glanced, sycophantically entreating, ..."
6. Nile Notes of a Howadji by George William Curtis (1852)
"... eyes more miserably dwindled, and the smoke curled more lightly from his pipe.
His body squirmed snake-like as he glanced, sycophantically entreating, ..."
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