obsequiously, subserviently, servilely
(adverb) in an obsequious manner; “she acts obsequiously toward her boss”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
obsequiously (comparative more obsequiously, superlative most obsequiously)
in an obsequious manner
• 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.
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
9 February 2025
(noun) heater that removes ice or frost (as from a windshield or a refrigerator or the wings of an airplane)
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
