OBSEQUIOUSLY

obsequiously, subserviently, servilely

(adverb) in an obsequious manner; “she acts obsequiously toward her boss”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adverb

obsequiously (comparative more obsequiously, superlative most obsequiously)

in an obsequious manner

Synonyms

• fawningly, subserviently

Source: Wiktionary

Ob*se"qui*ous*ly, adv.

1. In an obsequious manner; compliantly; fawningly. Dryden.

2. In a manner appropriate to obsequies. [Obs.] Whilst I a while obsequiously lament The untimely fall of virtuous Lancaster. Shak.

OBSEQUIOUS

Ob*se"qui*ous, a. Etym: [L.obsequiosus, fr. obsequium compliance, fr. obsequi, fr. obsequi: cf. F. obséquieux, See Obsequent, and cf. Obsequy.]

1. Promptly obedient, or submissive, to the will of another; compliant; yielding to the desires of another; devoted. [Obs.] His servants weeping, Obsequious to his orders, bear him hither. Addison.

2. Servilely or meanly attentive; compliant to excess; cringing; fawning; as, obsequious flatterer, parasite. There lies ever in "obsequious" at the present the sense of an observance which is overdone, of an unmanly readiness to fall in with the will of another. Trench.

3. Etym: [See Obsequy.]

Definition: Of or pertaining to obsequies; funereal. [R.] "To do obsequious sorrow." Shak.

Syn.

– Compliant; obedient; servile. See Yielding.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition