subservient
adjective
serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate.
subserviently
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a word derived from
subservient.
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
In the first, Hormuzd, the good-god, ruled alone; then Ahriman, the bad-god, began to rule subserviently: in the third both ruled equally; and in the last, now current, Ahriman has gained the day.
From The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi by Sir Richard Francis Burton
It was indeed impossible to fault the commander-in-chief in this particular, because his action was conformable to the letter of the Instructions, with which he was evidently and subserviently eager to comply.
From Types of Naval Officers Drawn from the History of the British Navy by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
