- present participle of toady.
toadying
Example Sentences
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And Abby Quinn is excellent as Natalie, mom’s campaign manager and toadying child.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
I love the smell of toadying in the morning.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 27, 2021
It was answered in the sudden burst of Twitter toadying from Fox commentator Skip Bayless, who had inexcusably belittled Prescott for admitting to depression in the offseason.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 12, 2020
Benchley shared screenwriting credit with Carl Gottlieb, who also plays the toadying publisher of the Amity newspaper.
From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2020
That is not "toadying," it is being merely polite.
From Etiquette by Emily Post
