obsequiously
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: […]