obsequious Betydning & definition

Eksempler på obsequious

• Despite this air of officialdom in the presentation, not all are obsequious accounts.

• Another steward, carrying a plate of ' hearts ' is preceded by an obsequious figure inquiring which ' heart ' his lordship required for the day.

• Rulers, however beleaguered, still wanted to be treated as patrons, but although singers kept up the old obsequious language they felt freer in practice to do what suited them.

• In this passage he is primarily concerned with the obsequious, on the one hand, and those who consort with persons beneath their station, on the other.

• They may, of course follow it and thus make their consciences obsequious to their interests.

• I showed my obsequious loyalty on that occasion.

• They do not need me to be a somewhat obsequious supporter.

• That seems to me to be a trifle too obsequious.