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FLATTERING

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flattering I. adjectiv

1. măgulitor, de laudă, elogios.

2. linguşitor, adulator.

flattering II. substantiv, vezi flattery.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

Assignments appear to be falling from the sky into your hands, and it will be flattering to be so needed.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

I said to Annie, when Doctor Strong paid a very flattering visit to myself, and made her the subject of a declaration and an offer, I said, My dear, there is no doubt whatever, in my opinion, with reference to a suitable provision for you, that Doctor Strong will do more than he binds himself to do.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

She received him with her very best politeness, which he returned with as much more, apologising for his intrusion, without any previous acquaintance with her, which he could not help flattering himself, however, might be justified by his relationship to the young ladies who introduced him to her notice.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

But Elinor had no such dependence; for since Edward would still be unable to marry Miss Morton, and his chusing herself had been spoken of in Mrs. Ferrars's flattering language as only a lesser evil than his chusing Lucy Steele, she feared that Robert's offence would serve no other purpose than to enrich Fanny.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

Perhaps she might have passed over more had his manners been flattering to Isabella's sister, but they were only those of a calmly kind brother and friend, without praise and without blindness; but hardly any degree of personal compliment could have made her regardless of that greatest fault of all in her eyes which he sometimes fell into, the want of respectful forbearance towards her father.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

"Undoubtedly, if they had known your engagement," said she, "nothing could be more flattering than their treatment of you;—but as that was not the case"—

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

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