单词 | servilely |
释义 | servilelyadv. 1. In a servile manner. a. With servile fear, deference, or submissiveness; fawningly, cringingly, obsequiously; (occasionally more generally) in the manner of a slave. 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 1550 J. Veron Godly Saiyngs Ep. Ded. sig. A.vv Seruillye..worshipping..the signes, for the thinges, whiche by the signes are signified. 1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. A4 I meane to visit him as he requests, But how? not seruilely disposd to bend, But like a conquerer to make him bowe. View more context for this quotation 1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 72 in Justice Vindicated He who rigorously executes his power will be hated, and servilely feared. a1677 T. Manton 190 Serm. on 119th Psalm (1681) clxvii. 1047 This is not true Obedience, that is done servilely and by constraint. 1727 P. Longueville Hermit p. xi The docile Beast most servilely obeys. 1837 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. VI. xlvii. 410 The Senate joyfully and servilely registered his decrees. 1906 V. Tchertkoff & I. F. Mayo tr. L. Tolstoy End of Age 24 They can no longer without consciousness of insult to human dignity servilely submit to authority. 2006 J. T. Kirby Mockingbird Song i. 50 Quigualtam never visited anyone, he sent word, but expected all servilely to visit him. b. With excessively close adherence to rules or conformity to a model or original. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [adverb] > with slavish imitation servilely1632 sequaciously1891 1632 J. Weemes Exercitations Divine xv. 133 Hee must consider first the aptnesse of the phrase into which he is to translate it, and hee is not..servilly to follow it. 1668 J. Dryden Def. Ess. Dramatic Poesie 19 in Indian Emperour (ed. 2) I say not this with the least design of limiting the Stage too servilely to 24 hours. 1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man ii. iii. 299 This Method of Reasoning has been adopted too servilely. 1820 Ld. Byron Let. 19 Feb. (1977) VII. 39 I am busy..with Pulci—translating—servilely translating, stanza for stanza, and line for line, two octaves every night. 1905 W. H. Hunt Pre-Raphaelitism I. 137 The artists who thus servilely travestied this prince of painters at his prime were Raphaelites. 1991 R. Peters Great Amer. Poetry Bake-off: 4th Ser. 29 Despite these connections, Broughton never servilely imitates models. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > slavery or bondage > [adverb] servilely1561 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. f. 12v So many being seruilely born and brought vp, do wythout douting boast themselues to be the children of God and of the Churche. 1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune ii. vii. 171 b I was seruylely borne. 1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. D How like a iade he stood tied to the tree, Seruilly maisterd with a leatherne raine. View more context for this quotation 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 220 The Germans are very churlish to their wives and keep them servily at home. 1667 J. Glanvill Philos. Considerations Witches 38 Who inveigle Children..and carry them away to the Plantations of America, to be servilly emploied there. 1825 W. Scott Talisman xii, in Tales Crusaders IV. 257 Is it indeed you,..gallant Sir Kenneth of Scotland..thus servilely disguised..? 1905 Vanguard (Milwaukee) June 18/1 Domestic servants who had been obliged to seek sociability outside the homes to which they were servilely attached. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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