adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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All this obsequious praise for his actions is enough to make most normal people sick.
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The salesman's obsequious manner was beginning to irritate me.
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The waiter was polite and efficient, but not obsequious .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As it was, he was forced to his usual obsequious tolerance.
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In a court in which obsequious obedience to the monarch was the rule.
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In fact, the letter is almost obsequious .
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Mrs Bay, thighs clasped close against her body, displayed a shamelessly obsequious air as she watched the mystical deliberations.
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Perhaps television was just too obsequious towards leaders to be revealing.
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Their obsequious praise demands a rebuttal; because really, Mimic is pretty mediocre, even for a B-movie.
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We strive like obsequious morticians to provide consolation by enshrining a corpse.