What is "obsequiousness"

Usage examples of "obsequiousness".

Then the fivesomes will also put their tails of obedience between their legs, and their obsequiousness will occasionally come in handy.

Uriah Heep -- tall, ungainly, storklike, with a demeanor that veered uncomfortably between childlike arrogance and bourgeois obsequiousness.

The oppressive atmosphere that had filled the corridors, equal parts toadying obsequiousness and seething hatred for the hands that held the other ends of the leashes, had been replaced by a bustling energy.

But success, obsequiousness, applause, the love of women, the concurrent good opinion of all humanitarians, are these not almost as dangerous as persecution?

Washington's image was one of humility and courageousness bordering, many believed, on obsequiousness.

He envies the director who has refined obsequiousness to the point where it is part of his persona.