obsequiously
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From obsequious + -ly.
Adverb[edit]
obsequiously (comparative more obsequiously, superlative most obsequiously)
- in an obsequious manner
- c. 1593 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The Tragedy of King Richard the Third. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Valentine Sims [and Peter Short] for Andrew Wise, […], published 1597, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
- Whilſt I a while obſequiouſly lament
The vntimely fall of vertuous Lancaſter: […]