All 3 Uses of
obsequious
in
Atlas Shrugged
- For a moment, he stared at her in blank stupor; she saw the struggle of fear, obsequiousness and hatred in his filmy eyes.†
Chpt 1.10 *
- It was said with obsequious deference, and Dr. Stadler could not tell what made him hear in it the sentence: "Stick to your blackboard!"†
Chpt 2.1
- It was not flattery that he wanted, she had seen him listening to the obsequious compliments of liars, listening with a look of resentful inertness-almost the look of a drug addict at a dose inadequate to rouse him.†
Chpt 3.4
Definition:
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(obsequious) excessively eager to flatter or serve