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
I saw his massive figure in the doorway, and the big, prolific woman moved subserviently about the room.
From The White Peacock by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
She is by no means bound to follow fashion so implicitly and subserviently as to mar her own beauty.
From Routledge's Manual of Etiquette by George Routledge
