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Meanings of obsequiousness in English

Catalan
servilisme
Spanish
sometimiento

Abject or cringing submissiveness.

        servilisme
        Usage of obsequiousness in English
        1
        Not through the mere obsequiousness of every one concerned, including the Senate.
        Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul
        2
        The traitors could easily be distinguished by their insolence disguised as obsequiousness.
        The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 44, June, 1861 / A Magazine...
        3
        But, for all his obsequiousness, the admirable Harrow was a persistent diplomat.
        Destiny
        4
        Startled into obsequiousness, Bodza produced ink and paper from some secret receptacle.
        The Day of Wrath
        5
        Look at the obsequiousness of journalists at the White House correspondents dinner.
        The Guardian
        6
        He nodded briefly at Moses Hatch, who greeted him with genial obsequiousness.
        Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
        7
        Slavishness to party and obsequiousness to the popular whims go hand in hand.
        Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Fr...
        8
        The carriages, the trained servants, the obsequiousness of the humbler passengers.
        The Crisis — Volume 01
        9
        This shameful sentence was the outcome of mingled terror and obsequiousness.
        The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
        10
        The Doge of the humiliated Republic exhibited neither obsequiousness nor pride.
        Memoirs of Madame la Marquise de Montespan — Volume 7
        11
        There was no need for him to make such a show of obsequiousness.
        Don't Cry Tai Lake
        12
        Besides, the mind and finer feelings are blunted by such obsequiousness.
        Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1
        13
        But he has sometimes been ridiculed for his public obsequiousness to his boss.
        Radio NZ
        14
        He had hardly self-control enough to greet Lady Tilchester with his usual obsequiousness.
        The Reflections of Ambrosine: A Novel
        15
        Especially as the king's highway of obsequiousness is so very broad and easy.
        Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke
        16
        Hatred and envy lie rankling at their heart, although hidden by outward obsequiousness.
        Roughing It in the Bush
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        servilisme
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