as in obsequiously
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Adverb
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Chalamet wore a conservative suit and tie and humbly thanked his fellow nominees, a dramatic shift in tone for the actor, who has tended toward the grandiose of late.—
Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 5 Jan. 2026
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In reality, many of the levees still in use today began much more humbly.—
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Ball handlers would dribble close to the basket, only to meekly back away, sensing him looming.—
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In other words, students prepare for citizenship in a disputatious society by practicing the civic arts—by asserting and advocating for their views—not by meekly absorbing lessons from their instructors.—
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Princess Bride is superbly planned and deferentially orchestrated — its theme fits its telling.—
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Shields, 62, sheepishly joked after two false starts.—
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An engineer with a litter-picker grabbed the fallen cloth and sheepishly moved it behind the machine, out of my line of sight.—
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“Servilely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/servilely. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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