uriah heepishly
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
28
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a cloying, insincerely obsequious manner.
Example Sentences
- ""I like to see you so ridiculous," he said ; " it just gives me the touch of superiority I need to keep me from becoming Uriah Heepishly 'umble ! ""
- "1995, Neal Gabler, "'Checkers' Lived Again - In Waldholtz's Act" (December 19, 1995) https://web.archive.org/web/20160304200726/http://articles.philly.com/1995-12-19/news/25670096_1_waldholtz-checkers-speech-pat-nixon Where Nixon drew on class resentments - "I believe that it's fine that a man like Gov. (Adlai) Stevenson, who inherited a fortune from his father, can run for president," Nixon grumbled Uriah Heepishly in Checkers - Waldholtz drew on the staple of the daytime talk shows: gender resentment."
- "In this restaurant, as I was just tucking in, the owner came over and whispered Uriah Heepishly in my ear, 'I see we have a celebrity in tonight.'"
- "It was noticeable that Mr Murdoch, happy to toy with the barrister like a cat with a baby mouse, kept sir-ring the judge Uriah Heepishly."
Etymology
From Uriah Heepish + -ly: From the Dickens character Uriah Heep, noted for his cloying humility, obsequiousness, and insincerity, the stereotypical yes man.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: Uriah Heepish
- Suffix: -ly
Inflected Forms
more Uriah Heepishly (comparative)
most Uriah Heepishly (superlative)