... ingratiating spirit < abject flattery > < an abject apology > Synonyms: see mean • abjectly adverb • abjectness noun Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. 1 miserable, wretched. 2 degraded, self-abasing, humble. 3 despicable. Derivatives: abjectly adv. abjectness n. Etymology: ME f. L abjectus past part ... was an abject failure. = total ADJ: usu ADJ n [emphasis] • abjectly Both have failed abjectly. ADV International Standard Bible Encyclopedia ab'-jekt: Only as a ...
... adverb Synonyms: fawn, toady, truckle, cringe, cower mean to behave abjectly before a superior. fawn implies seeking favor by servile flattery ... celebrity >. toady suggests the attempt to ingratiate oneself by an abjectly menial or subservient attitude < toadying to his boss >. truckle implies ...
... 1: blindly imitative; "a slavish copy of the original" 2: abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant; "slavish devotion to ... a. of or characteristic of a slave; especially basely or abjectly servile b. archaic despicable, low 2. archaic oppressive, tyrannical 3 ...