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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • 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.”"