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Subserviently

Subserviently \Sub*serv"i*ent*ly\, adv. In a subservient manner.

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subserviently

adv. In a subservient manner.

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subserviently

adv. in an obsequious manner; "she acts obsequiously toward her boss" [syn: obsequiously, servilely]

Usage examples of "subserviently".

George, one of my oldest friends in Potshot, who had sat subserviently through the whole discussion without saying a word.

And then -- at last Darcourt lost his calm, phlegmatic acceptance of his great good luck -- here, among pictures of bearded, ancient, youthful, hearty, and unstable citizens of Blairlogie at the turn of the century, was a picture of a dwarf, standing in front of a humble shop, squinting into the sun but grinning subserviently as the Senator -- the local great man -- took his Sun Picture.