Ingratiatory

Lord Decimus, though one of the greatest of the earth, was not remarkable for ingratiatory manners, and Ferdinand had coached him up to the point of noticing all the fellows he might find there, and saying he was glad to see them. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Cowperwood, disappointed by the outcome of his various ingratiatory efforts, decided to fall back on his old reliable method of bribery. ❋ Unknown (2004)

“Something new, I should think, to you, sir, in a sailing match on fresh water?” he said, in his most ingratiatory manner. ❋ Unknown (2003)

He spoke with a timid gentleness of tone, an ingratiatory smile, and an anxious courtesy of manner, all distressingly suggestive of his being accustomed to receive rough answers in exchange for his own politeness from the persons whom he habitually addressed. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Near to him, employing all the ingratiatory insinuating arts she knew, and so absorbed in Scraper that she forgot even to direct the procession, was Lil. ❋ David Christie Murray (N/A)

Fuzzy wriggled himself into an ingratiatory attitude and essayed the idiotic smile and blattering small talk that is supposed to charm the budding intellect of the young. ❋ O. Henry (1886)

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. ❋ John Ruskin (1859)

"Something new, I should think, to you, sir, in a sailing match on fresh water?" he said, in his most ingratiatory manner. ❋ Wilkie Collins (1856)

Lord Decimus, though one of the greatest of the earth, was not remarkable for ingratiatory manners, and ❋ Charles Dickens (1841)

Not,” touching his elbows again, with an ingratiatory smile, “that one would desire to get rid of you.” ❋ Unknown (2007)

Not, "touching his elbows again, with an ingratiatory smile," that one would desire to get rid of you. " ❋ Charles Dickens (1841)