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adjective

    Purposefully contrived to gain favor: ingratiating, insinuating, saccharine, sugary. See pain/pleasure.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade
  Synonym: coaxing

Meaning #2: calculated to please or gain favor
  Synonym: ingratiating

 
 
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