ingratiatory

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If you think of it, you will find one of the robin's very chief ingratiatory faculties is his dainty and delicate movement,—his footing it featly here and there.

From Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds by Ruskin, John

"Graceful, sleek, purring, ingratiatory, but cat all the same."

From Concerning Belinda by Brainerd, Eleanor Hoyt

Cowperwood, disappointed by the outcome of his various ingratiatory efforts, decided to fall back on his old reliable method of bribery.

From The Titan by Dreiser, Theodore

His white teeth flashed in an ingratiatory smile.

From Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus by Rhodes, Eugene Manlove

"Something new, I should think, to you, sir, in a sailing match on fresh water?" he said, in his most ingratiatory manner.

From Armadale by Collins, Wilkie