subservient
sub.ser.vi.ent \-*nt\ aj [L subservient-, subserviens, prp. of subservire]
1: useful in an inferior capacity : SUBORDINATE 2: serving to promote some
end 3: obsequiously servile : TRUCKLING SERVIENT applies to the cringing
manner of one very conscious of a subordinate position; SERVILE suggests
the mean or fawning behavior of a slave; SLAVISH suggests abject or debased
servility; MENIAL stresses the degradation associated with working solely
at the bidding of and for the benefit of others; OBSEQUIOUS implies fawning
or sycophantic compliance and exaggerated deference of manner -
sub.ser.vi.ent.ly av SYN syn SERVILE, SLAVISH, MENIAL, OBSEQUIOUS: SUB