obsequious

He was not yet so obsequious as to promise to find out.

He knew she was not the sort who would respect the obsequious approach.

To those who heard him, his slow speech was only obsequious.

The actor does well, but it's difficult for him not to look obsequious.

Gray asked more than 20 questions and not one could be viewed as obsequious.

Officers found him polite almost to the point of being obsequious.

The voice, obsequious yet insistent, came through before the picture.

"Very well," she told the obsequious young man who contacted her.

The purpose of all this is not to have people become obsequious."

They flattered their host, some to the point of being obsequious.

Perhaps television was just too obsequious towards leaders to be revealing.

He looked up, startled, and then immediately became obsequious in the presence of a white man.

I'll flatter him and put on an air of obsequious respect.

I'm sorry if this sounds obsequious but I make no apology.

Even the guards were obsequious to him, so he fared well.

Not once did I see in him the fat, almost obsequious shopkeeper of the story.

He is far from the most obsequious of employees.

He was outgoing and eager to please to the point of being obsequious.

She handed her key to the obsequious Arab clerk, not even looking at him.

The man blanched and became the most obsequious of public servants.

Apparently this was what passed for laughter in the obsequious Simon.

They should be like a good waiter - obsequious and silent unless called for.

Bulgar gave me a little obsequious bow and started to back away.

I could not but note the difference in his manner from the night before, when he had seemed more or less an obsequious slave.

His voice was respectful, but not at all obsequious.