fawningly

With excessive praise

In a manner that shows excessive flattery or submissive admiration, like a young deer (fawn) eagerly seeking attention from its mother.

Someone who speaks fawningly is trying too hard to please: She fawningly complimented the boss on every decision.

The word suggests insincerity and loss of dignity.

servile

obsequiously

With servile flattery

deferentially · groveling · bootlicking · toadying · kowtowing · flattering · ingratiating · slavishly · unctuously · cringingly

affectionate

adoringly

With great affection

devotedly · worshipfully · tenderly · fondly · rapturously · swooning · starry-eyed · clinging · nuzzling · cooing

Opposites
deference and flattery

fawninglydismissively

Showing something unworthy of consideration

contemptuously · disdainfully · scornfully · defiantly · disrespectfully

sincerity of admiration

fawninglysincerely

With genuine feeling

genuinely · honestly · authentically · earnestly · forthrightly

Family

fawning

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G