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