Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SERV'ILE-LY
SERV'ILESERV'ILE-NESS, or SERV-IL'I-TY
SERV'ILE-LY, adv.
- Meanly; slavishly; with base submission or obsequiousness.
- With base deference to another; as, to copy servilely; to adopt opinions servilely.
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