Obsequious

Fawningly attentive or compliant; excessively eager to please or obey, often to gain favor or advantage.

adjective

Fawningly attentive or compliant; excessively eager to please or obey, often to gain favor or advantage.

adjective

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There was once a toy factory where workers worked like slaves to earn an award. They worked too fast, and the assembly line went off sequence.

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əb-SEE-kwee-uhs

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Looks like a long, formal adjective ending in -ous; contains the root sequ- as in sequence.

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Obsequious comes from Latin obsequiosus meaning compliant; describes excessive flattery or servile obedience.

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obsequiousnessnoun

obsequiouslyadverb

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subservient, servile, fawning, deferential, sycophant

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Avoid using obsequious to describe genuine, respectful behavior; it implies manipulation or self-serving flattery rather than sincere deference.