crocodilic

This manipulation in the midst of tears makes the tears seem more crocodilic than honest.

Correcting the facts and missing the truth « BuzzMachine 2005

She hated to be touched by strange fingers, but not even that stopped her pleasure in turning and turning before long mirrors, while the saleswoman or man, with admiration at first crocodilic and then genuine, ran the tips of fingers over those curves, smoothing and pinning, and uttering the word, "moddam."

Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900

She hated to be touched by strange fingers, but not even that stopped her pleasure in turning and turning before long mirrors, while the saleswoman or man, with admiration at first crocodilic and then genuine, ran the tips of fingers over those curves, smoothing and pinning, and uttering the word, "moddam."

Beyond John Galsworthy 1900

I imagine it'll be given all due consideration by the Vatican, which will either regretfully discover there isn't enough information for action, or will bury the incident in committees and crocodilic apologies (made of the same stuff as crocodile tears).

Shakesville CaitieCat 2010