subserviently

1. 1.

   in an obsequious manner

   “she acts obsequiously toward her boss”

   Synonymsobsequiouslyservilely

Questions about subserviently

What does subserviently mean?

subserviently means "in an obsequious manner".

How many syllables are in subserviently?

subserviently has 4 syllables: sub-ser-vient-ly. The stress falls on "ser".

What is another word for subserviently?

Close synonyms include obsequiously, 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 subserviently a common word?

subserviently 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.