sycophantically, adv.
(sɪkəˈfæntɪkəlɪ)
[See prec. and -ically.]
In a sycophantic manner; like a sycophant; in the way of mean flattery.
| 1643 Necess. Christ. Subjection 6 The States of England, as some of their Preachers..have sycophantically phrased them. 1728 Morgan Algiers I. iv. 90 Scurrilously railing against the triumphant Belisarius, yet most sycophantically adulating the half-desponding Gilimen. 1857 Borrow Romany Rye App. x, In these days, when it is dangerous to say anything about him but what is sycophantically laudatory. |