Uriah Heepishly

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adv.
  1. 1.

    In a cloying, insincerely obsequious manner.

    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.

词源

From Uriah Heepish + -ly: From the Dickens character Uriah Heep, noted for his cloying humility, obsequiousness, and insincerity, the stereotypical yes man.

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