0 a lot of praise and artificially pleasant behaviour towards someone in authority, in an effort to get some advantage:
1 full of praise or artificially pleasant to someone in authority, in an effort to get some advantage:
Some saw the decision as shameless political toadying to a greater power.
An unpleasant regime of bullying and toadying across Whitehall emerged.
A prime minister can become detached from political realities by a toadying cabinet.
The press portrayed him as no more than a toadying errand boy.
