toadyish, a.
(ˈtəʊdɪɪʃ)
[f. toady n. + -ish1.]
Characteristic of or resembling a toady; meanly servile.
1909 in Webster. 1955 M. Cooper in H. Van Thal Fanfare for E. Newman 50 A particularly toadyish begging letter. 1977 B. Pym Quartet in Autumn vi. 57 Only Marya, toadyish with her murmurs of ‘such delicious coffee’, accepted the offer. |