All 9 Uses
obsequious
in
A Soldier of the Great War
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- Standing meekly at attention were about a hundred Italian prisoners dressed in pajama-like uniforms that Alessandro associated with the men who walk obsequiously through hotel corridors, obsequiously sweeping crumbs into a brass box that hangs obsequiously from a stick.†
Chpt 8obsequiously = in a manner that is excessively eager to flatter or serve
- Standing meekly at attention were about a hundred Italian prisoners dressed in pajama-like uniforms that Alessandro associated with the men who walk obsequiously through hotel corridors, obsequiously sweeping crumbs into a brass box that hangs obsequiously from a stick.†
Chpt 8
- Standing meekly at attention were about a hundred Italian prisoners dressed in pajama-like uniforms that Alessandro associated with the men who walk obsequiously through hotel corridors, obsequiously sweeping crumbs into a brass box that hangs obsequiously from a stick.†
Chpt 8
- "One way or another," Klodwig said, "you must be obsequious.†
Chpt 8obsequious = excessively eager to flatter or serve
- Can you be obsequious?
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- "Yes, I can be obsequious," Alessandro said, disappointing his countrymen.†
Chpt 8
- I'm a master of obsequiousness-in the Italian style.†
Chpt 8obsequiousness = excessive eagerness to flatter or serve
- Alessandro hurried away in obsequious steps.†
Chpt 8obsequious = excessively eager to flatter or serve
- Stop that disgusting noise!' he shouted in a manner at once so obsequious and so violent that it was new to me, and I could not help but liken it, on the spot, to burning oil.†
Chpt 10
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)