All 3 Uses of
obsequious
in
Babbitt
- In alarm, in obsequiousness, as Hanson's eyes grew more bored, "You telephone to Jake about me, if you want to."†
Chpt 8 *
- Babbitt's porter was an obsequious gray-haired negro who did him an honor highly esteemed in the land of Zenith—greeted him by name.†
Chpt 24
- The barber obsequiously rubbed his wet hair and bound it in a towel as in a turban, so that Babbitt resembled a plump pink calif on an ingenious and adjustable throne.†
Chpt 24
Definition:
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(obsequious) excessively eager to flatter or serve