INGRATIATORY

ingratiating, insinuating, ingratiatory

(adjective) calculated to please or gain favor; “a smooth ingratiating manner”

coaxing, ingratiatory

(adjective) pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade; “a coaxing and obsequious voice”; “her manner is quiet and ingratiatory and a little too agreeable”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

ingratiatory (comparative more ingratiatory, superlative most ingratiatory)

ingratiating

Source: Wiktionary



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23 February 2025

BARGAIN

(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”


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Coffee Trivia

Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.

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