flatteringly
adverb
flatteringly is an adverb meaning “In a flattering manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-L-A-T-T-E-R-I-N-G-L-Y, and it appears about once in every 26 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does flatteringly mean?
adverb
- 1
In a flattering manner.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of flatteringly
- more flatteringly comparative
- most flatteringly superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is flatteringly?
Flatteringly appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Flatteringly in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in a flattering manner:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | lisonjeramente |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does flatteringly come from?
From Middle English flateryngly, flateringli, alteration of earlier flaterandly. By surface analysis, flattering + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).