All 3 Uses of
obsequious
in
Uncle Tom's Cabin
- The landlord was all obsequious, and a relay of about seven negroes, old and young, male and female, little and big, were soon whizzing about, like a covey of partridges, bustling, hurrying, treading on each other's toes, and tumbling over each other, in their zeal to get Mas'r's room ready, while he seated himself easily on a chair in the middle of the room, and entered into conversation with the man who sat next to him.†
Chpt 1.11obsequious = excessively eager to flatter or serve
- ho!" said the sooty gnome, laughing obsequiously.†
Chpt 2.38obsequiously = in a manner that is excessively eager to flatter or serve
- Cassy kept her room and bed, on pretext of illness, during the whole time they were on Red river; and was waited on, with obsequious devotion, by her attendant.†
Chpt 2.42 *obsequious = excessively eager to flatter or serve
Definition:
too eager to please, flatter, or obey someone -- often in a way that seems insincere