Adjective : servile flatterers. ,servile obedience. ,medieval rebellions against servile laws. From Dictionary.com.
" We must not servilely accept gratuities for doing our duty.". From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-11-01] Reference
But, as has been said, it is not necessary to copy Nature servilely. From Wordnik.com. [Robur the Conqueror] Reference
Anything other than servilely grovelling is to them an act of hostility. From Wordnik.com. [Is “Race Traitor” Racist? Depends on Who Says It] Reference
You, and all directors, depend servilely upon the pure honesty of your clerks. From Wordnik.com. [Stories by American Authors, Volume 1] Reference
Joe should have just servilely agreed with Obama; then he'd still have his normal life. From Wordnik.com. [Little More Light Today] Reference
Thus servilely, painfully, fruitlessly, they seek to serve their own conviction all their days. From Wordnik.com. [Of Communion with God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost] Reference
Northern sentiment toward slavery was complacent enough, even servilely so, but it might change. From Wordnik.com. [The Abolitionists Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights] Reference
The Writer had sent follow-up letters, servilely addressed to "First Reader" and "Editor for New Manuscripts.". From Wordnik.com. [Cyberbooks]
I copied the best masters, at first servilely, afterward more freely, and at last I joined habit and invention. From Wordnik.com. [Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman] Reference
Then turning servilely towards Donald, whom he now perceived to be a stranger, 'Ye are welcome, sir, to any ale or. From Wordnik.com. [Border Ghost Stories] Reference
Eglamor, the versifier who servilely conformed to the taste of the mob, with Sordello, the true poet, who despised it. From Wordnik.com. [The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years] Reference
Endeavour to learn something from every one, either by imitating, but not servilely, what is good, or avoiding what is bad. From Wordnik.com. [The Canadian Elocutionist] Reference
He attends even to their air, dress, and motions, and imitates them, liberally, and not servilely; he copies, but does not mimic. From Wordnik.com. [Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman] Reference
Of course, this gives only the upper limit, for it would be dangerous to suggest a lower one in the case of documents which copy so servilely. From Wordnik.com. [Assyrian Historiography] Reference
They did not, however, long persevere in this ridiculous imitation, for they soon afterwards, like the ladies, servilely followed the French fashions. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 281, November 3, 1827] Reference
She marked the ones who grubbed servilely for every passing penny, yearning to sell their votes to any likely bidder, not even waiting to arrange the most profitable deal. From Wordnik.com. [Space]
The Tibetans instantly and very servilely followed my example. From Wordnik.com. [Beasts, Men and Gods] Reference
Mr. Hicks bowed servilely and replied that he would try to remember in future. From Wordnik.com. [The Dude Wrangler] Reference
I hope I need not to explain myself, that I have not copied my author servilely. From Wordnik.com. [All for Love Or, the World Well Lost A Tragedy] Reference
Denotation: to show excessive admiration or devotion to; flatter or admire servilely. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
It is no longer tradition if it is servilely copied, without change, the token of life. From Wordnik.com. [Hopes and Fears for Art] Reference
Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. From Wordnik.com. [Rev. BigDumbChimp] Reference
Wolsey was exposed to the taunts and sneers of the courtiers, who had lately so servilely fawned upon him. From Wordnik.com. [Windsor Castle] Reference
On the other hand, shake off all the fears and servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. From Wordnik.com. [The Writings of Thomas Jefferson Library Edition - Vol. 6 (of 20)] Reference
Died in a moment his noble ardor: "Why, it is eight bells," said he, servilely; then, doggedly, "time to turn in.". From Wordnik.com. [Love Me Little, Love Me Long] Reference
If the best you can do is to copy your neighbor's work servilely in all its details, turn your attention to something else. From Wordnik.com. [Amateur Gardencraft A Book for the Home-Maker and Garden Lover] Reference
'Gad, she 's a head as good as our half-dozen put together,' and they servilely joined their fragmentary capitals in agreement. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete] Reference
"The work should become a text-book for teachers, not to be followed servilely or thoughtlessly, but used for its suggestiveness.". From Wordnik.com. [Freie wissenschaft und freie lehr. English] Reference
Monkeys in the form of men, creatures who would servilely obey him as Rochester, but who, scenting the truth, would rend him in pieces. From Wordnik.com. [The Man Who Lost Himself] Reference
Babylonia as it was unnecessary in Assyria, was nevertheless servilely copied, and palaces and temples were piled upon it like those of the. From Wordnik.com. [Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs] Reference
Athanasius is servilely copied by Socrates, (l.ii. c. 26;) but Sozomen, who discovers a more liberal temper. presumes (l.iv. c. 2) to insinuate. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2] Reference
His geography and chronology are wonderfully accurate; and he may be trusted for public facts, though he servilely praises the virtue and fortune of the hero. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 6] Reference
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