obsequiously

1. 1.

   in an obsequious manner

   “she acts obsequiously toward her boss”

   Synonymssubservientlyservilely

Questions about obsequiously

What does obsequiously mean?

obsequiously means "in an obsequious manner".

How many syllables are in obsequiously?

obsequiously has 6 syllables: ob-seq-ui-o-u-sly. The stress falls on "o".

What is another word for obsequiously?

Close synonyms include subserviently, servilely. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is obsequiously a common word?

obsequiously is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.