SERVILELY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does servilely mean? 

• SERVILELY (adverb)
  The adverb SERVILELY has 1 sense:

1. in an obsequious manner

  Familiarity information: SERVILELY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SERVILELY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In an obsequious manner

Synonyms:

obsequiously; servilely; subserviently

Context example:

she acts obsequiously toward her boss

Pertainym:

servile (submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior)

 Context examples 

Yes, but I had only the credit of servilely copying such sentences as I was ashamed to put my name to.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Whether those holy lords I spoke of were always promoted to that rank upon account of their knowledge in religious matters, and the sanctity of their lives; had never been compliers with the times, while they were common priests; or slavish prostitute chaplains to some nobleman, whose opinions they continued servilely to follow, after they were admitted into that assembly?

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)