All 5 Uses of
obsequious
in
Catch-22
- Total strangers saw fit to deprecate him, with the result that he was stricken early with a guilty fear of people and an obsequious impulse to apologize to society for the fact that he was not Henry Fonda.†
Chpt 9
- On the landing below lived the obsequious owners.†
Chpt 13 *
- The chaplain raised his eyes quickly in obsequious commiseration.†
Chpt 20
- 'Yes, sir, sir,' said Colonel Cathcart obsequiously.†
Chpt 21
- Milo's office was a barbershop, and his deputy mayor was a pudgy barber from whose obsequious lips cordial greetings foamed as effusively as the lather he began whipping up in Milo's shaving cup.†
Chpt 22
Definition:
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(obsequious) excessively eager to flatter or serve