Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a caressing, cringing, or servile way; with mean flattery.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a fawning manner.
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- adverb In a
feigning manner;falsely .
Etymologies
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Examples
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An Oct. 9, 2009, WND article by Bob Unruh touted Brown -- whom he fawningly described as a political activist who was behind the famous Willie Horton advertisement that left Gov.
Terry Krepel: A Laughable, Error-Ridden 'Case for Impeachment' Terry Krepel 2010
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Who bent the knee to Rupert most fawningly after all?
Rupert Murdoch: don't fear an old man in his twilight years 2011
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An Oct. 9, 2009, WND article by Bob Unruh touted Brown -- whom he fawningly described as a political activist who was behind the famous Willie Horton advertisement that left Gov.
Terry Krepel: A Laughable, Error-Ridden 'Case for Impeachment' Terry Krepel 2010
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It should never be forgotten that Bush is a dedicated Christian Zionist who broke into tears when he was fawningly eulogized in the Knesset during his last visit to Israel in May ..
BUSH IS ANOTHER DORIAN GRAY / SELF DESTRUCTIVE UNTIL THE END 2009
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Two shots for each time he fawningly smiles/chortles/or blushes.
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A problem any President will have is that that what the Bush people built there is commensurately gargantuan as to their grand delusion about how Iraq was going to be a showcase of U. S.-style Democracy, and a fawningly grateful U.S. ally.
Obama: I Will Discuss "Residual Force" With Commanders In Iraq 2009
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Neither can I comprehend the label “ice queen” as it is applied to Doe-Doe given the fawningly false persona she adopts to lure the wealthy Si-Joon into her greedy clutches.
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It's telling that in one scene, where Moore is interviewing an old British laborite who talks about the importance of taking care of each other, the camera pans fawningly on a mug that reads "Old Labor and Proud of It" and a plate with John F. Kennedy's likeness, an homage to an earlier Democrat presumably before the sell out Clintons.
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But if you're a Republican, you can drawl along with a twangy send-up, cockily making light of such things, as happened at this year's Gridiron dinner, and everyone in the room fawningly chortles out loud.
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An ex-girlfriend's father, played by Mitch Ryan, tells him it's a real growth industry; at the reunion, a classmate played by Jeremy Piven fawningly helps Cusack dispose of a fresh kill.
sionnach commented on the word fawningly
"Need anything shredded?", said Tom fawningly.
December 12, 2007