superserviceable
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of superserviceable
First recorded in 1595–1605; super- + serviceable
Example Sentences
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The miserable wretch, trembling and hoping to save his own life by his superserviceable zeal, got down upon his knees, and lighted a match, and puffed and blew to make the fire catch.
From Caesar's Column by Ignatius Donnelly
Randolph was a remorseless, subtle, superserviceable villain, who lied to the king, and robbed the colonists, and was active and indefatigable in every form of rascality.
From The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 by Julian Hawthorne
For here, again, surprising as it may seem, it is necessary to be on our guard against a superserviceable activity.
From A Rambler's lease by Bradford Torrey
The superserviceable zeal of the ex-chancellor was hit very happily in a circus scene, in which the Duke of Wellington figures as the ring-master, Brougham as the clown, and Sir Robert Peel as the rider.
From Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. by James Parton
This enlightened body promptly shortened the days of tribulation by a letter to the superserviceable Stuyvesant, conceived in a most commercial spirit.
From A History of American Christianity by Leonard Woolsey Bacon
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