obsequiously
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Definition(s):
- (adv) in an obsequious manner
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Usage(s):
- During Taraki's visit to Moscow last month, President Brezhnev reportedly chided him for behaving too obsequiously before the Russians, which he felt made the Afghan leader look bad.
- But Aramco is always obsequiously anxious not to jeopardize a deal which is one of oildom's most profitable.
- Polish papers had not very much to say, except to welcome Poland's new military boss obsequiously.
Quotes
- "With the other, Zardari pointed a crooked finger at the rise of fundamentalism and capitalised on a golden opportunity to bring the nation's elite back into the government's obsequiously pro-American fold," Fatima, a bitter critic of Zardari,...on May 15, 2009 By: Fatima Bhutto Source: Press Trust of India
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