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nöyristelevä — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • obsequious adjective Excessively eager to please or obey, in a way that seems insincere and self-serving.
  • subservient adj Excessively willing to obey or serve others, often to an unhealthy degree.

Senses

nöyristelevä is used for these senses in English:

  • obsequious Excessively eager and attentive to please or to obey instructions; fawning, subservient, servile.
  • subservient Obsequiously submissive.

subservient — full definition

  1. adj Excessively willing to obey or serve others, often to an unhealthy degree.
  2. adj Serving a secondary or supporting purpose to something else.

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