Definition of Servilely

1. Adverb. In an obsequious manner. "She acts obsequiously toward her boss"


Definition of Servilely

1. adv. In a servile manner; slavishly.

Definition of Servilely

1. Adverb. In a servile way; fawningly. ¹

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Definition of Servilely

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Servilely

servicepersons
servicer
servicers
services
servicescape
servicescapes
servicewoman
servicewomen
servicification
servicing
servient
serviette
serviettes
servile
servile(a)
servilely (current term)
servileness
servilenesses
serviles
servilest
servilities
servility
serving
serving cart
serving dish
serving dishes
serving girl
serving suggestion
serving suggestions
serving time

Literary usage of Servilely

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of Fiction: Being a Critical Account of the Most Celebrated by John Colin Dunlop (1842)
"In the principal part of the plot he has servilely followed the novel. The oracle, in the second scene of the third act, is copied from it, and in various ..."

2. Shakespeare Studies, and Essay on English Dictionaries by Thomas Spencer Baynes, Lewis Campbell (1896)
"... kissing ladies' pumps, Holding the cloth for them, praising their wits, And servilely observing every one May do them pleasure; fearful to be seen With ..."

3. The Works of William Robertson ...: To which is Prefixed, an Account of His by William Robertson, Dugald Stewart (1817)
"By means of these, Germany was filled with persons who were servilely dependent on the court of Rome, from which they had received such reversionary grants; ..."

4. Conversations of James Northcote, R. A. with James Ward, on Art and Artists by James Northcote, James Ward (1901)
"... of painting does not receive sufficient encouragement in England "—Sir Joshua not to be servilely copied—His peculiar excellence can never come again—He ..."

5. Herodotus by Herodotus (1812)
"Egyptians to ofter sacrifices; he proceeded next to make them labour servilely for himself. Some he compelled to hew stones in the quarries of the Arabian ..."

6. An English and Welsh Dictionary: Wherein, Not Only the Words, But Also, the by John Walters (1828)
"... till some hardy critic arises, who, disdaining servilely to tread in the steps oí others, and to be led blind-fold in the trammels of authority, ..."

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