| 词汇 | grovellingly |
| 释义 | grovellingly adverb mainly UKdisapproving(US usuallygrovelingly)uk /ˈɡrɒv.əl.ɪŋ.li/ us /ˈɡrɑː.vəl.ɪŋ.li/ in a way that involves behaving with too much respect towards someone, because you want to please them or want them to forgive you: He was grovellingly polite to the judge. When he heard about the revelations he grovellingly apologized. Related words grovellingadjectivemainly UKdisapproving grovel(TRY TO PLEASE) They grovellingly admitted their mistake. He was explaining grovellingly about how he came to park his car in the wrong space. The presenter introduced his guest grovellingly. People are pleased, not grovellingly grateful, to have a job in this sector. There was criticism of his grovellingly sycophantic interview with the country’s leader. Newspapers remained grovellingly on message. Praising insincerely or too eagerly backhanded compliment bootlicker bow and scrapeidiom crawler creep flummery glad-handing grovel grovelling hagiographic obsequious obsequiously people pleaser play up to someone schmooze sycophantically toady toadying truckle unctuous |
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