a. [ L. subserviens, -entis, p. pr. See Subserve. ] Fitted or disposed to subserve; useful in an inferior capacity; serving to promote some end; subordinate; hence, servile, truckling. [ 1913 Webster ]
Scarce ever reading anything which he did not make subservient in one kind or other. Bp. Fell. [ 1913 Webster ]
These ranks of creatures are subservient one to another. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]
Their temporal ambition was wholly subservient to their proselytizing spirit. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a subservient manner. [ 1913 Webster ]