obsequious

"I think the "final words" are the definition of 'obsequious'.

I think the "final words" are the definition of 'obsequious'.

The extent to which the producers of this game clearly wish they were making movies comes off as obsequious.

The conversation was also full of obsequious fawning BS like, "Wow, I've never seen one go for this low before!

I think you're proposing a different law, one which I distrust for its obsequious devotion to the status quo.

What but the most obsequious editorial staff would give the official a final look at the story before it goes to press?

Try getting that kind of leverage without a contract, via firm handshakes or obsequious bowing and scraping or whatever.

Excessive apologizing tends to come off as obsequious.

Say something of real substance, and commit to it:"Because someone isn't a fanboy and isn't just stupidly commiting himself to one thing, than he's obsequious?

An elaborate court ceremonial was developed, and obsequious flattery became the order of the day. Under Diocletian, the flow of direct requests to the emperor was rapidly reduced and soon ceased altogether.

As annoying as it is to my inner idealistic 25 year old, I try to be as obsequious and polite as I can to police officers; they deal with genuinely unpleasant people on an hourly basis, and being nice to them often works a kind of mental jiu jitsu on them.

Windows, OSX and Linux have far more in common than Archie, ST and Amiga, where is the radical thinking in systems design now?Of course what would actually have happened is that obsequious little weasel Alan Sugar would have foisted his word processor abomination on us, but it's nice to dream.

Perhaps partly due to culture, partly due to the lack of tipping, and partly due to the fact that the waiter likely has the same socioeconomic position as their customers, there isn't really an obsequious service-oriented relationship, and it's definitely not the case that the customer is always right.