He seemed to want her understanding, in an almost flattering way.

Few of the guests remembered the event well or in a particularly flattering way.

"Light bounces off that in a really flattering way," he said.

"This really random guy" would not be a flattering way of describing a new acquaintance.

There is no more flattering way to describe a very old wine than to say that it still has some fruit.

"And I mean that in the most flattering way possible."

And I mean it in a flattering way.

Or, rather, it didn't fit but in a flattering way.

They seemed to think it drew attention to her size, and not in a flattering way.

"I see your father has taught you his world-famous flattering ways."