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Meaning of flattersome | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Marked by flattery; characteristically flattering

Examples

“Kind friends, it would be pretending of me not to let on that I know I am the party referred to by the last speaker — in far too flattersome words.”
““[...] I ask you, please lift my head a little higher, sir.” “Now, ma'am,” Fox said, “I know enough to hold on to a good thing when I get it.” “Mercy me, Mistah Fox,” Sis' Duck replied. “You are mighty flattersome in your remarks. [...]””
“This was said with a flattersome German deference, which gave a little added depth to the pleasurable sensations resulting from Dr. Abbott's reactions at finding himself sharing his table with a Star.”
“It would be composed and dispatched overnight by lesser members of the flattersome company.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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