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Dutch
Etymology
19th century. From earlier in 't gevlij spreken “to speak conciliatory words”, a rare expression coined by Hooft.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪn ɦɛt xəvlɛi̯ koːmə(n)/, /ɪn ɦət xəvlɛi̯ koːmə(n)/
Verb
in het gevlij komen
- (intransitive) to attempt to get favourable relations through flattery
Al die grote werken, uitgevoerd om bij de keizer in het gevlij te komen, maakten de paranoïde vorst juist achterdochtig.- All those great works, carried out in a sycophantic attempt to get the emperor's favour, served instead to make the paranoid monarch suspicious.
1899, Abraham Kuyper, “Vijfde lezing. Het calvinisme en de kunst”, in Het calvinisme. Zes Stone-lezingen, page 138:Is het dan wonder, dat het Zuiden meer dan het Noorden van Europa den kunstzin in het gevlij kwam?- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of
in het gevlij komen: see
komen.