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Significados de obsequious em inglês

Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery.

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Uso de obsequious em inglês
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In a few minutes the obsequious clerk came blustering down the hall:
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To someone with a higher Party position, Li can be so obsequious.
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I assented and Agathemer came in, as smiling and obsequious as always.
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He is wide-awake and obsequious enough, however, at backsheesh-time in the morning.
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The Emîr laughed again, which was the signal for an obsequious roar.
The Valley of the Kings
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When I saw him, he held a candle in this obsequious posture.
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She received his obsequious homage with a slight inclination of the head.
Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
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Rich was as obsequious as the Augusta caddie shack had to offer.
The Irish Times
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Its numerous retinue of deft and obsequious maid-servants added to this impression.
The Unwilling Vestal
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You shall never boast of me on your list of obsequious admirers.
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The King, still obsequious to Spain, looked on him coldly and askance.
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The owner sighed and shrugged, uttering obsequious phrases of apology and assurance.
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The orderly stood in it, staring at Sutton's back, obsequious, yet impatient.
The Romantic
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And I am not obsequious, to the Crown or to Irish nationalists.
The Irish Times
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Men flocked past him with obsequious greetings, but he merely grunted replies.
The Ramrodders: A Novel
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What was the language of the Senate, lately so obsequious and servile?
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