fawningly
advEtymology From fawning + -ly.
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In a fawning or sycophantic manner.
- So it’s almost a relief to encounter an episode that allows me to be critical instead of fawningly reverent.2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 31 May 2012:
- Synonyms
- sycophantically, unctuously