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Webster 1913 Edition


Obsequiously

Ob-se′qui-ous-ly

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adv.
1.
In an obsequious manner; compliantly; fawningly.
Dryden.
2.
In a manner appropriate to obsequies.
[Obs.]
Whilst I a while
obsequiously
lament
The untimely fall of virtuous Lancaster.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition


Obsequiously

OBSE'QUIOUSLY

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adv.
1.
With ready obedience; with prompt compliance.
They rise and with respectful awe, at the word given, obsequiously withdraw.
2.
With reverence for the dead. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


obsequiously

obsequiously

English

Adverb

obsequiously (comparative more obsequiously, superlative most obsequiously)

  1. in an obsequious manner

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