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Superficially Ingratiating Behaviour

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noun

• excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm

28%11Behaviour of water climbing up a thin straw
noun

• a phenomenon associated with surface tension and resulting in the elevation or depression of liquids in capillaries

28%7Behaviour indicating a desire to be alluring without actually admitting it
noun

• the affectation of being demure in a provocative way

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