Adjective : subservient persons; subservient conduct. From Dictionary.com.
Yet she takes it all quite sweetly and subserviently. From Wordnik.com. [The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1] Reference
He glared at his friend, and Hobie looked subserviently away. From Wordnik.com. [Baby Games] Reference
She did none of these things, but stood quietly and subserviently. From Wordnik.com. [River God]
I dreamt I taught an alien to treat me as an equal, and not act subserviently. From Wordnik.com. [My May 2010 Dream Tweets] Reference
I suspect, as a public school teacher, they would probbly treat me subserviently. From Wordnik.com. [Full Video: McCain Says Supporter's "Bitch" Query About Hillary Is "An Excellent Question"] Reference
They knew Veedron, of course, and one of them came forward to greet him subserviently. From Wordnik.com. [The Trellisane Confrontation] Reference
"Madam Lestrange, " murmured Tom, and as Hermione paused he inclined his head subserviently. From Wordnik.com. [Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows]
“Madam Lestrange,” murmured Tom, and as Hermione paused he inclined his head subserviently. From Wordnik.com. [Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]
We will continue to refuse to subserviently copy prescriptions for illnesses that we do not have. From Wordnik.com. [MONCADA BARRACKS ANNIVERSARY SPEECH] Reference
At least he doesn't subserviently bow to foreign leaders and get bullied around by countries like Iran. From Wordnik.com. [Huckabee unsure about another presidential bid] Reference
"Thankee, sor," Skif said, keeping to his persona of country bumpkin, and bobbing his head subserviently. From Wordnik.com. [Take A Thief]
Sheen and Mellon, as favored servitors, were permitted to accompany Stfle, but they kept subserviently behind him. From Wordnik.com. [Juxtaposition]
But this Lady was writing quite fast, and when she looked up she caught my glance before I looked down subserviently. From Wordnik.com. [Beauty's Punishment]
Manolo stood subserviently in the doorway, his body shivering from fever, which Cinatas knew would become very painful shortly. From Wordnik.com. [Touch a Dark Wolf] Reference
"Most impressive, your Excellency," the man said subserviently, "but where shall we procure the funds for such a great expansion?". From Wordnik.com. [Odyssey]
He proclaimed in his every movement and glance that everything and everyone in his life had responded subserviently to his charm, until now. From Wordnik.com. [A Morbid Taste For Bones]
The few times they met on the stairs or the landing, Skif ducked his head subserviently and crammed himself to the wall to let the arsonist pass. From Wordnik.com. [Take A Thief]
"Yes, Aunt," Marina said subserviently, reaching for the right silverware, with a sidelong glance at the footman and a very quick wink when Arachne's eyes dropped to her plate. From Wordnik.com. [The Gates Of Sleep]
He bowed subserviently, and made meek little speeches. From Wordnik.com. [The Christian A Story] Reference
Crashaw smiled subserviently; he was never quite at his ease in. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonder] Reference
"And yesterday, only yesterday, he would have saluted me subserviently!". From Wordnik.com. [His Excellency the Minister] Reference
"But what good will all this do you and me, Baas?" asked the Boer subserviently. From Wordnik.com. [The Dop Doctor] Reference
At that moment a young clergyman came into the room, making apologies and bowing subserviently. From Wordnik.com. [The Christian A Story] Reference
Pedro was approaching them subserviently, a humble, bobbing head betokening his anxiety to please the fine folk. From Wordnik.com. [The Ghost Breaker A Novel Based Upon the Play] Reference
I saw also that he was handsome, and I was quite sure he must be rich, or no doctor would wait upon him so subserviently. From Wordnik.com. [Winter Evening Tales] Reference
Was it because he had been a "cage man" too long, always taking orders, always acquiescing subserviently, never asserting?. From Wordnik.com. [Skinner's Dress Suit] Reference
The socialists say that the video clearly showing President Obama bowing subserviently to Saudi King Abdullah did not really happen. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The waitress is left to traipse forlornly behind, hands clasped subserviently behind her back, as the couples swagger out of the café. From Wordnik.com. [Blogposts | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Atletico have subserviently been packing into the front-row seats to support Rafa's imposing march towards a place in the record books. From Wordnik.com. [Top stories from Times Online] Reference
Ahriman, the bad-god, began to rule subserviently: in the third both ruled equally; and in the last, now current, Ahriman has gained the day. From Wordnik.com. [The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi] Reference
Wilson to look to his own Party Ministers when looking for efficiency savings instead of subserviently accepting cuts imposed by the British Treasury. From Wordnik.com. [Sinn Féin] Reference
Look at the history Republicans have of smearing soldiers who don’t stand silently and subserviently. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake » Republicans Trot Troops Out for Photo Op] Reference
"bowed," as in "The President of the United States of America bowed, subserviently, to the King of Saudi Arabia.". From Wordnik.com. [NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias] Reference
Fwank …” fart catcher” means someone who’ll subserviently apologise/deflect from other people’s embarrassing faux-pas. From Wordnik.com. [A Clarification For A Pathological Liar « Unambiguously Ambidextrous] Reference
The form laughed subserviently. From Wordnik.com. [A Diversity of Creatures] Reference
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