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sub·ser·vi·ent

(səb-sûr′vē-ənt)

adj.

1. Subordinate in capacity or function.

2. Obsequious; servile.

3. Useful as a means or an instrument; serving to promote an end.

[Latin subserviēns, subservient-, present participle of subservīre, to subserve; see subserve.]

sub·ser′vi·ence, sub·ser′vi·en·cy n.

sub·ser′vi·ent·ly adv.

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Adv. 1. subserviently - in an obsequious manner; "she acts obsequiously toward her boss"

obsequiously, servilely

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subserviently

adv → unterwürfig

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