ingratiatory

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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

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

From Concerning Belinda by Brainerd, Eleanor Hoyt

"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

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

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

From No Thoroughfare by Collins, Wilkie