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obsequiously en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English obsequious Middle English -ly English -ly English obsequiously From obsequious + -ly.

Meanings

1. In an obsequious manner.
   • “This way, Monsieur,” he said, and led the way up the broad, marble staircase. In another moment he had opened a door, and, drawing aside a heavy curtain, obsequiously bowed Tarzan into a dimly lighted apartment. Then Jacques vanished. 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 43:
   • Whilſt I a while obſequiouſly lament The vntimely fall of vertuous Lancaſter:[…] c. 1593 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The Tragedy of King Richard the Third. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Valentine Sims [and Peter Short] for Andrew Wise, […], published 1597, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
   • I gnashed my teeth upon him with a gust of devilish fury; and the smile withered from his face—happily for him—yet more happily for myself, for in another instant I had certainly dragged him from his perch. At the inn, as I entered, I looked about me with so black a countenance as made the attendants tremble; not a look did they exchange in my presence; but obsequiously took my orders, led me to a private room, and brought me wherewithal to write. 1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case”, in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, pages 133–134:

Forms

Synonyms

subserviently · fawningly

Translations (6)

fr obséquieusement (Translations) · pl służalczo (Translations) · fi mielistelevästi (Translations) · fi nöyristellen (Translations) · fi mielistellen (Translations) · fi nöyristelevästi (Translations)