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单词 obsequiously
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obsequiouslyadv.

Brit. /əbˈsiːkwɪəsli/, U.S. /əbˈsikwiəsli/
Forms: see obsequious adj. and -ly suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: obsequious adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < obsequious adj. + -ly suffix2.
1.
a. With ready compliance or eagerness to serve or please; dutifully. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > [adverb]
debtfullyc1425
lawfullyc1500
obsequiously?1536
dutifully1552
observantly1647
piously1741
duteously1814
responsibly1825
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [adverb]
welleOE
blithec1000
blithelyc1000
goodfullya1300
blethelyc1300
milthlyc1300
kindlya1375
benignlyc1380
en-gree14..
homelya1425
benevolently1532
benign1535
obsequiously?1536
kindly1581
kind1592
propitiously1600
kindlily1625
well-meaningly1645
obligingly1646
candidly1650
beneficentlya1717
kindly-like1716
good-naturedly1725
benignantly1791
kindheartedly1803
?1536 tr. Erasmus Serm. Chylde Jesus ii. sig. C.i None more truely loueth his parentes, none more naturally honoreth them, none obeyeth them more obsequiosly, than he which thus contemneth them.
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 53 We (very obsequiouslie) giue to the poore onely the mould of our treasure.
1623 J. Bingham tr. Xenophon Hist. 21 What friends soeuer he chose..he vsed most obsequiously.
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iv. xvi. 335 We cannot reasonably expect, that any one should readily and obsequiously quit his own Opinion.
1701 D. Defoe True-born Englishman i. 7 No Subjects more obsequiously obey.
1792 M. Wollstonecraft Vindic. Rights Woman v We should be observant of her [sc. Nature's] sacred indications, and not presume to lead when we ought obsequiously to follow.
1850 H. Melville White-jacket lxvii It is generally the custom with man-of-war's-men to stand obsequiously touching their hat at every sentence they address to the Captain.
1896 J. Conrad Outcast of Islands i. 7 He would walk in the middle, his shadow gliding obsequiously before him.
1914 J. Joyce Dubliners 141 The proprietor served him obsequiously but did not venture to talk.
b. With dutiful performance of obsequies or due tokens of respect for the dead; in the manner of a mourner. Cf. obsequious adj. 1b. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > death > obsequies > [adverb]
obsequiously1597
funerally1829
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. ii. 3 Whilst I a while obsequiously lament The vntimely fall of vertuous Lancaster. View more context for this quotation
1608 R. Johnson Seauen Champions 60 There obsequiously to offer up unto the angry destinies many a bitter sighe and teare.
2. With undue submission, deference, or desire to please; in a servile, fawning, or abject way.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [adverb]
abjectlya1500
servilely1550
bondly1553
slavishly1565
fawningly1591
demissly1598
with hat in hand1599
assentatorilya1626
hat in hand1629
cringingly1675
obsequiously1736
trucklingly1831
crawlingly1865
snivellingly1959
1736 W. Shenstone Verses to Lady 7 Oct. When theatres for you the scenes forgo, And the box bows, obsequiously low.
1741 M. Jones Let. 13 Sept. in Misc. in Prose & Verse (1750) 196 So obsequiously civil as to flatter Sun, Moon, and Stars promiscuously.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) at Sidle ‘To sidle about a person,’ to attend him obsequiously.
1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. xi. 246 ‘Won't you please to walk into the parlour, sir?’ said Chubb, obsequiously.
1957 J. Kerouac On the Road i. i. 5 There was Dean, bowing, shuffling obsequiously in the dark of the hall, and saying, ‘Hel-lo, you remember me..’.
1982 S. K. Penman Sunne in Splendour (1984) i. xx. 218 The innkeeper was hovering anxiously in the background..obsequiously eager to please.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.?1536
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