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Word Meanings - OBSEQUIOUSLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. In an obsequious manner; compliantly; fawningly. Dryden. 2. In a manner appropriate to obsequies. Whilst I a while obsequiously lament The untimely fall of virtuous Lancaster. Shak.

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  • WHILST
    While. Whilst the emperor lay at Antioch. Gibbon. The whilst, in the meantime; while. Shak.
  • APPROPRIATENESS
    The state or quality of being appropriate; peculiar fitness. Froude.
  • WHILES
    1. Meanwhile; meantime. The good knight whiles humming to himself the lay of some majored troubadour. Sir. W. Scott. 2. sometimes; at times. Sir W. Scott. The whiles. See under While, n.
  • LAMENTING
    Lamentation. Lamentings heard i' the air. Shak.
  • OBSEQUIES
    See OBSEQUY
  • FAWNINGLY
    In a fawning manner.
  • WHILERE
    A little while ago; recently; just now; erewhile. Helpeth me now as I did you whilere. Chaucer. He who, with all heaven's heraldry, whilere Entered the world. Milton.
  • LAMENTED
    Mourned for; bewailed. This humble praise,lamented shade ! receive. Pope.
  • OBSEQUIOUSLY
    1. In an obsequious manner; compliantly; fawningly. Dryden. 2. In a manner appropriate to obsequies. Whilst I a while obsequiously lament The untimely fall of virtuous Lancaster. Shak.
  • LAMENTINGLY
    In a lamenting manner.
  • OBSEQUIOUSNESS
    The quality or state of being obsequious. South.
  • LAMENT
    To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn. Jeremiah lamented for Josiah. 2 Chron. xxxv. 25. Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice. John xvi. 20.
  • MANNERIST
    One addicted to mannerism; a person who, in action, bearing, or treatment, carries characteristic peculiarities to excess. See citation under Mannerism.
  • COMPLIANTLY
    In a compliant manner.
  • UNTIMELY
    Not timely; done or happening at an unnatural, unusual, or improper time; unseasonable; premature; inopportune; as, untimely frosts; untimely remarks; an untimely death.
  • VIRTUOUS
    1. Possessing or exhibiting virtue. Specifically: -- Exhibiting manly courage and strength; valorous; valiant; brave. Old Priam's son, amongst them all, was chiefly virtuous. Chapman. Having power or efficacy; powerfully operative; efficacious;
  • MANNERISM
    Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, or treatment, carried to excess, especially in literature or art. Mannerism is pardonable,and is sometimes even agreeable, when the manner, though vicious, is natural
  • LAMENTIN
    See LAMANTIN
  • WHILE
    wigl, G. weile, OHG. wila, hwila, hwil, Icel. hvila a bed, hvild rest, Sw. hvila, Dan. hvile, Goth. hweila a time, and probably to L. 1. Space of time, or continued duration, esp. when short; a time; as, one while we thought him innocent. "All
  • MANNERLINESS
    The quality or state of being mannerly; civility; complaisance. Sir M. Hale.
  • FILAMENTOUS
    Like a thread; consisting of threads or filaments. Gray.
  • UNMANNERLY
    Not mannerly; ill-bred; rude. -- adv.
  • ERSTWHILE
    Till then or now; heretofore; formerly.
  • UNAPPROPRIATE
    1. Inappropriate; unsuitable. 2. Not appropriated. Bp. Warburton.
  • APPROPRIATE
    Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper. In its strict and appropriate meaning. Porteus. Appropriate acts of divine worship. Stillingfleet. It is not at all times easy to find words
  • EREWHILE; EREWHILES
    Some time ago; a little while before; heretofore. I am as fair now as I was erewhile. Shak.
  • WORTHWHILE
    Worth the time or effort spent. See worth while. worthy. -- worthwhileness.

 

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