fawningly

/ˈfɔːnɪŋli/
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Translation of fawningly into German

Adverb

excessive praise

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in a way that shows too much admiration
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  • She smiled fawningly at the teacher.Sie lächelte schmeichelnd den Lehrer an.
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Synonyms and analogies of fawningly in English

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Examples of fawningly in a sentence

  • The assistant nodded fawningly during the presentation.

fawningly: Examples and translations in context

Male hyenas during mating season, pursues the female fawningly, for months.

In der Paarungszeit verfolgt die männliche Hyäne die weibliche, hofiert sie monatelang, wie...

Of course we could fall into self-praise like it is written in the press release and tell fawningly what incredible blokes we are.

Wir könnten jetzt natürlich dem Eigenlob verfallen und euch, ähnlich wie über uns im Pressetext geschrieben wurde, kriecherisch erzählen was für tolle Hechte wir sind.

It also was this rivalry for their favor... that made them alternately fulsomely flattered and heartily disliked; fawningly courted, and viciously betrayed.

Es ist auch auf diese Rivalität um ihre Gunst zurückzuführen,... dass sie abwechselnd übertrieben umschmeichelt und andererseits von Herzen verabscheut wurden, speichelleckend umworben und bösartig betrogen.

"And you - you are cold - you hold me like a block of wood; wait, I'll stir you with the fire of love," she said, and again clung fawningly and caressingly to my lips.

"Und du - du bist kalt - du hältst mich wie ein Stück Holz; warte nur, ich will dich noch verliebt machen!" rief sie und hing wieder schmeichelnd und kosend an meinen Lippen.

His wolf and he were no longer divisible in this life, but it seemed to him that the uncanny part of himself was more fully and fawningly under Horseriver's spell than the rational.

Der Wolf und er waren in diesem Leben nicht mehr voneinander zu trennen, doch ihm kam es so vor, als stünde dieser unnatürliche Teil von ihm vollkommener unter Rossflutens Zauber als der vernünftige.

This even applies to actually beautiful motifs, which can look yawningly boring in a bad image composition.

Das gilt sogar für eigentlich schöne Motive, die bei einem schlechten Bildaufbau gähnend langweilig aussehen können.

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