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subserviently, adv.|səbˈsɜːvɪəntlɪ| [f. prec. + -ly2.] In a subservient manner.
1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. 221 The worst of all Evils made..to contribute subserviently to the Good and Perfection of the Whole. 1795Ann. Reg., Hist. 18 They acted subserviently to all its designs. 1823W. Scoresby Jrnl. p. xv, Discovery was an object, therefore, that could only be pursued subserviently to this. 1885Manch. Exam. 26 Aug. 5/4 Unless it [sc. the Government] complies subserviently with the Nationalist demands. So subˈservientness rare—0 (1727 Bailey Vol. II). |