- grovelingly
- adverb see grovel
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
grovelingly
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grovelingly — adv. in a servile manner, subserviently, in the manner of humbling oneself … English contemporary dictionary
grovelingly — grov·el·ing·ly … English syllables
grovelingly — … Useful english dictionary
grovel — intransitive verb ( eled or elled; eling or elling) Etymology: back formation from groveling prone, from groveling, adverb, from Middle English, from gruf, adverb, on the face (from Old Norse ā grūfu) + ling Date: 1552 1. to creep with the face… … New Collegiate Dictionary
grovel — groveler; esp. Brit., groveller, n. grovelingly; esp. Brit., grovellingly, adv. /gruv euhl, grov /, v.i., groveled, groveling or (esp. Brit.) grovelled, grovelling. 1. to humble oneself or act in an abject manner, as in great fear or utter… … Universalium
obsequiously — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. servilely, slavishly, subserviently, sycophantically, ingratiatingly, fawningly, abjectly, grovelingly, on one s knees … English dictionary for students
eat dirt — phrasal : to be or become grovelingly submissive * * * eat dirt To acquiesce submissively in a humiliation • • • Main Entry: ↑dirt * * * I informal suffer insults or humiliation the film bombed at the box office and the critics made it eat dirt … Useful english dictionary
grovellingly — adverb see grovelingly … Useful english dictionary
