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Adulatory

adjective
1.
Obsequiously complimentary.





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"Adulatory" Quotes from Famous Books



... armour hung trophy-wise on two ragged staves. A poet standing at the end of the bridge explained in Latin verse the meaning of all. The Lady of the Lake, invisible since the disappearance of the renowned prince Arthur, approached on a floating island along the moat to recite adulatory verses. Arion, being summoned for the like purpose, appeared on a dolphin four-and-twenty feet long, which carried in its belly a whole orchestra. A Sibyl, a "Salvage man" and an Echo posted in the park, all harangued in the same strain. Music ...
— Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth • Lucy Aikin
... and adulatory phrases to the Queen herself, and many ceremonial bowings towards the palace, as if she actually heard him, the messenger spoke ...
— The Fugitives - The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar • R.M. Ballantyne


Words linked to "Adulatory" :   flattering, adulate


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