Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In an obsequious manner; with eager obedience; with servile compliance; abjectly.
- In the manner of a mourner; with reverence for the dead.
Wiktionary
- adv. In an obsequious manner.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adv. In an obsequious manner; compliantly; fawningly.
- adv. In a manner appropriate to obsequies.
WordNet 3.0
- adv. in an obsequious manner
Examples
“Pikoli's lawyers did not agree that he should have "obsequiously" obeyed Mbeki over the time frame of Selebi's arrest.”
“Tina raised her hand, ducking her head obsequiously.”
“And by the way, just as these politicians flattered, overlooked, and cosseted Murdoch in desperate pursuit and defense of their own self-interest -- the way schoolyard victims are obsequiously and tail-waggingly respectful to schoolyard bullies -- so too did both the Labor and Conservative parties coddle the indigenous Murdochs of Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and Syria.”
The Huffington Post: Adam Hanft: Murdoch's Arab Summer; We Always Knew, Now We Know
“On the bridge, a Ferengi hurried over to Bok, crouching obsequiously.”
“The upwardly moral children of the bourgeoisie are obsequiously, uncompromisingly virtuous.”
The Wall Street Journal: Enough About Me. Now, About My Kids...
“Erect as a Buckingham Palace guard, he gets his laughs with his eyes, endlessly bulging at the Prime Minister's lapses, and with his obsequiously dominating tone of voice.”
The Huffington Post: David Finkle: First Nighter: Yes, Prime Minister Prime Stage Comedy Meat
“He turned them over to the proprietor, who counted them, grew suddenly calm, and bowed obsequiously — in fact, the whole crowd bowed obsequiously and melted away.”
“Now the president will probably have to go over to Beijing and obsequiously bow to every single member of the Communist party leadership.”
The Huffington Post: HUFFPOST HILL - Obama Pulls Back On Social Security Cuts
“A perennial Pro Bowler, Mr. Ward said he doesn't know if he's ever seen anyone as confident, including the much more obsequiously secure Mr. Ryan.”
The Wall Street Journal: Steelers' Tomlin Part of NFL's New Breed
“Whilst politicians and officials here cringe and fawn obsequiously to "engage" with muslims and the likes of Robert Lambert busy themselves denying the evidence of their own eyes and abandon the use of reason in the service of “community cohesion”, there are voices in the muslim world beginning to stir and to question the status quo – even the validity of Islam.”
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I...
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Adverbia
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Reesetee's list Conjunctive Adv...full-drive, portentously, unlawfully, legally, heterogeneously, consumingly, clancularly, inconsolably, prepositionally, retrogressively, symptomatically, decrepitly and 2243 more...
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Heart of Darkness
words collected reading Heart of Darkness
abject, tenebrous, obsequiously, precipice, craven, candour, sepulchral, languid
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desultory
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pusillanimous, fuselage, obsequiously, necromancy, orotund, absquatulate, tooth, daylight, conceivable
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