Etymology

Heepishly

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Today it means: In a cloying, insincerely obsequious manner. Full definition →

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The story

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

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