| Obsequiously flattering, oily |
The Times Concise |
09 May 2025 |
| Offensively suave (8) |
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| Slimily ingratiating (8) |
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| Fawning |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Jul 2024 |
| Excessively ingratiating in manner (8) |
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| Very flattering or ingratiating (8) |
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| Offensively glib way university will count us out (8) |
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| Slippery or greasy (8) |
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| Having an oily feel that's unpleasantly flattering (8) |
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| Smarmily ingratiating (8) |
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| Smarmily ingratiating |
The Guardian Quick |
03 Jan 2024 |
| Overly slick |
New York Times |
23 Jun 2023 |
| Smarmy |
The Times Concise |
20 Nov 2022 |
| Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating |
Irish Times Simplex |
14 Mar 2022 |
| Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating |
Irish Times Simplex |
25 Jan 2021 |
| Uncut version out initially from America is excessively flattering |
Irish Times Crosaire |
31 Dec 2020 |
| Oily |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 Feb 2020 |
| Sycophantic global organisation caught out over America |
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| Excessively ingratiating |
The Times Concise |
10 Oct 2018 |
| Excessively ingratiating |
Irish Times Simplex |
07 Sep 2018 |
| Affecting an oily charm |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
19 Aug 2018 |
| Ingratiating |
The Times Concise |
05 Aug 2018 |
| Oily uranium counts varied round university |
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| Ingratiating |
The Guardian Speedy |
20 May 2017 |
| Excessively ingratiating |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
10 Mar 2017 |
| Excessively ingratiating |
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| A French scout mistakenly embracing unionist that's smarmy |
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| Sickeningly suave |
Universal |
13 Jul 2015 |
| Greasy |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 Jun 2015 |
| Sickeningly suave |
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| Smarmy count peculiar about university in front of American |
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