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Webster 1913 Edition

Adulatory

Ad′u-la-to-ry

,

Adj.

[L.

adulatorius

, fr.

adulari

: cf. OF.

adulatoire

.]

Containing excessive praise or compliment; servilely praising; flattering;

as, an

adulatory

address

.

A mere rant of

adulatory

freedom.

Burke.

Webster 1828 Edition

Adulatory

AD'ULATORY

,

Adj.

Flattering; containing excessive praise or compliments; servilely praising; as, an adulatory address.