fawningly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English fawning

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English fawningly

From fawning + -ly.

Adverb

fawningly (comparative more fawningly, superlative most fawningly)

1. In a fawning or sycophantic manner.
   • 2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[1], archived from the original on 31 May 2012:

     So it’s almost a relief to encounter an episode that allows me to be critical instead of fawningly reverent.

Synonyms

• sycophantically
• unctuously