Both Uses
obsequious
in
Mrs. Dalloway
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- For of all the people he had ever met Hugh was the greatest snob—the most obsequious—no, he didn't cringe exactly.†
*obsequious = excessively eager to flatter or serve
- An olive-skinned youth from one of the Universities stood obsequiously by.†
obsequiously = in a manner that is excessively eager to flatter or serve
Definitions:
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(1)
(obsequious) too eager to please, flatter, or obey someone -- often in a way that seems insincere
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)