subserviently

Meanings

• adjective

  Showing respect and obedience to the wishes or authority of others.

  - "The servants were subservient to their master."
  - "In order to keep the peace, the subservient employee agreed to the unfair demand."

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Variants

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subservient , subserviently

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Etymology

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From sub- 'under' + servient 'serving'.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'subserviently' first appeared in English in the late 15th century.

2. Subserviently is an antonym of the word 'rebellious'.

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Related Concepts

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1. servility: A quality of being excessively obedient or submissive.

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Quotes

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1. Sally Boysen, a psychologist at Ohio State University, probed the degree to which a chimp's ability to reason is "subservient" to the animal's desires.

   - Eugene Linden,{it}Time{/it},6 Sept. 1999

2. As for a "European Europe," allied with but not "subservient" to the United States, providing for its own defense and diplomacy and practicing detente with Moscow, de Gaulle did not achieve it in his lifetime, but there was at least a beginning.

   - Stanley Hoffmann,{it}New York Times Book Review{/it},20 Mar. 1983

3. That's why many believe that I have the right to preach but not to pastor. For a woman to be a pastor would mean that men would have to submit and be "subservient" to a woman.

   - Chryll Crews,{it}Ms.{/it},January/February 1998

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Culture

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Subserviently has been used in literature to depict characters who are excessively obedient or submissive, often to their own detriment. In art, it can be seen in depictions of servants or lower-class individuals.

How to Memorize "subserviently"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a servant bowing before their master or a child obediently following their parent's instructions.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with the image of a servant or someone in a subordinate position.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the word 'subserviently' and the phrase 'under serving others'.

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