obeisantlyadv.
/ə(ʊ)ˈbeɪsntli/, /ə(ʊ)ˈbiːsntli/, U.S. /oʊˈbeɪs(ə)n(t)li/, /oʊˈbis(ə)n(t)li/ Now literary and archaic.
Obediently; in an obeisant or deferential manner; with an obeisance.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [adverb]
worshiplyc1330
honourablyc1390
obeisantlyc1400
fairlyc1480
with cap and courtship1565
with cap and curtsey1565
with cap and knee1565
respectfullya1586
respectively1588
regardfully1600
honorificallya1639
unscornfully1844
deferentiallya1846
unmockingly1872
c1400 in T. F. Simmons Lay Folks Mass Bk. (1879) 126 A man..þat..is continuelly in defaute aȝen þat myȝtteful lord..schulde..obeschauntely seye to hym þus.
c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 117 (MED) Þe ije. poynt of þe iiije. table..is forto lyue anentis curatis or prelatis of þe churche attendauntly and obeisauntly.
?1507 C. Brandon et al. Iustes of Maye (de Worde) sig. B.i By the kynge they past And obeysauntly doune theyr heedes they cast.
?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter lxiii. 175 Obeysantly, To lyft my handes.
c1873 H. H. Jessup Women of Arabs 126 The Dervish bowed most obeisantly and retired black in the face with rage and despair.
1891 E. Fawcett Caprice in Songs of Doubt & Dream 109 Having worshipers who mean Right obeisantly, no doubt, Going in and going out.
1902 Westm. Gaz. 2 July 2/3 I..came in turn Of him myself obeisantly to learn.
1939 A. MacLeish et al. Law & Politics 220 It is certainly questionable whether Congress..could put such curbs on ‘freedom of speech’ as..Judge Wilkerson obeisantly granted.
1990 Shakespeare Q. 41 116 More important, playing the woman's part, she knelt obeisantly before Bassanio.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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