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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.
He oscillates from spirited independence, which he shows fitfully, to extraordinary obsequious acts of reparative guilt.
We have proposed a two-thirds majority to allow for the odd obsequious and unquestioning supporter.
Formerly a romantic lead, he specialized in continental character roles, playing many an obsequious concierge and imperious diplomat.
This obsequious compliment is scarcely to be taken seriously.
They thus appear as obedient, obsequious servants of a ruler.
Writing should have a living social function. 90% of what we call literature is just phraseology, obsequious embellishment and blatherskite.
He is obsequious towards the powerful, arrogant towards the weak, sententious and narrow-minded.
