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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According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.

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