subserviently
Example Sentences
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Because they didn’t want to be told who should rule them by the United States and be forced to act subserviently.
From Slate ● Mar. 14, 2012
As he spoke to Jobs, Google's CEO hunched his shoulders subserviently, the way criminals do when they're around the police.
From Slate ● Apr. 13, 2010
“Madam Lestrange,” murmured Tom, and as Hermione passed he inclined his head subserviently.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
Was it because he had been a "cage man" too long, always taking orders, always acquiescing subserviently, never asserting?
From Skinner's Dress Suit by F. Vaux (Francis Vaux) Wilson
Accordingly he told the ambassadors to carry word back, that he should act subserviently to the senate and the people.
From The History of Rome, Books 09 to 26 by Titus Livius
