Flatteringly
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
In a flattering manner; in a manner to gratify or soothe; with partiality.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adverb.
With flattery.
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adverb.
In a
flattering
manner.
Word Usage
"The elegist of one of her daughters by an earlier marriage referred to her flatteringly as “sweet mother Scribonia.”"