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Falsely ingratiating
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smarmy
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ a slick, smarmy public relations officer ▪ He's been criticized for his smarmy behavior when interviewing celebrities. ▪ He fooled us with his soft smarmy ways. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Andy Williams, of course, was ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"smooth and sleek" (1909); "ingratiating, unctuous," 1924, from smarm + -y (2). Related: Smarmily ; smarminess .
WordNet
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adj. unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous Uriah Heep" [syn: buttery ...
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