servilely

1. 1.

   in an obsequious manner

   “she acts obsequiously toward her boss”

   Synonymsobsequiouslysubserviently

Questions about servilely

What does servilely mean?

servilely means "in an obsequious manner".

How many syllables are in servilely?

servilely has 4 syllables: ser-vi-le-ly. The stress falls on "vi".

What is another word for servilely?

Close synonyms include obsequiously, subserviently. 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 servilely a common word?

servilely 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.