obsequiously
obsequiously adverb: in an obsequious manner.
Adverb
obsequiously (comparative more obsequiously, superlative most obsequiously)
- In an obsequious manner.
- Whilſt I a while obſequiouſly lament
The vntimely fall of vertuous Lancaſter:[…]c. 1593 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The Tragedy of King Richard the Third. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Valentine Sims [and Peter Short] for Andrew Wise, […], published 1597, →OCLC... - I gnashed my teeth upon him with a gust of devilish fury; and the smile withered from his face—happily for him—yet more happily for myself, for in another instant I had certainly dragged him from his perch. At the inn, as I entered, I looked about me with so black a countenance as made the...1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case”, in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, pages 133–134
- Synonyms:
- fawningly, subserviently
- Whilſt I a while obſequiouſly lament
obsequiously meaning in Urdu
obsequiously in Urdu
- چاپلوسی سے
Synonyms of obsequiously
Forms of obsequiously
| comparative | more obsequiously |
|---|---|
| superlative | most obsequiously |
Origin of obsequiously
From obsequious + -ly.
Questions about obsequiously
- What does obsequiously mean?
- Obsequiously means in an obsequious manner.
- What is obsequiously in Urdu?
- Obsequiously in Urdu is چاپلوسی سے. See Obsequiously meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is obsequiously?
- Obsequiously is an adverb.
Words near obsequiously in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: obsequiously (page history and authors); obsequiously (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “obsequiously.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/obsequiously. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.