obsequious in the PONS Dictionary

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And it helps that journalists can often be craven and obsequious and desperate for access.
www.cbc.ca
He was outgoing and eager to please to the point of being obsequious.
en.wikipedia.org
Or the obsequious gifts with which they presented her (more on those below).
bigthink.com
And all the staff were warm and friendly without being irritatingly obsequious.
www.nzherald.co.nz
He's fine as an actor, but as himself he seems mannered and just a little obsequious.
www.independent.co.uk
Easy to do when you set up a self-reinforcing loop of obsequious flattery within your enterprise and cherry-pick external praise from the media.
www.itworld.com
Is it possible to be both obsequious and critical at the same time?
hyperallergic.com
She gave him a tiny nod and a smile that was part obsequious, part conspiratorial.
qz.com
This was followed by obsequious hyper-ventilating discourses and finally the "neo" and "post" movements.
theconversation.com
Formerly a romantic lead, he specialized in continental character roles, playing many an obsequious concierge and imperious diplomat.
en.wikipedia.org

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