ingratiatingly

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When Senator John McCain visited England in 2006, two years ahead of his failed run for the presidency, he was cheered at Tory conference and ingratiatingly interviewed in the Spectator.

From The Guardian • Feb. 14, 2017

That’s Mr. Pasquale, the Broadway love god who wooed Kelli O’Hara in “The Bridges of Madison County,” who here plies his voice of gold and matinee-idol swagger to ingratiatingly eccentric comic effect.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2016

And it also got to hear how ingratiatingly lyrical the middle section can be when fully acoustical.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2015

There is nothing incriminating in their pockets, and upon informing Kemmy that you will search the home from top to bottom, his response is ingratiatingly polite: Gentlemen, search wherever you like.

From Slate • May 4, 2012

“Any way you want it,” he said ingratiatingly, and a surge of pleasant expectation grew in him.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck