"Uriah Heepishly" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "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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          "ref": "1912, Margaret Westrup, Elizabeth in Retreat, John Lane, page 2",
          "text": "\"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 ! \"",
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          "text": "1995, Neal Gabler, \"'Checkers' Lived Again - In Waldholtz's Act\" (December 19, 1995) http://articles.philly.com/1995-12-19/news/25670096_1_waldholtz-checkers-speech-pat-nixon\nWhere 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."
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          "ref": "2012, Stuart Maconie, Hope and Glory: A People’s History of Modern Britain, Random House, page 96",
          "text": "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.'",
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          "ref": "2012 April 26, Matthew Engel, “As sharp as a tack, Murdoch makes his points at Leveson press inquiry”, in Financial Times, page 1",
          "text": "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.",
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        "In a cloying, insincerely obsequious manner."
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          "ref": "1912, Margaret Westrup, Elizabeth in Retreat, John Lane, page 2",
          "text": "\"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 ! \"",
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          "text": "1995, Neal Gabler, \"'Checkers' Lived Again - In Waldholtz's Act\" (December 19, 1995) http://articles.philly.com/1995-12-19/news/25670096_1_waldholtz-checkers-speech-pat-nixon\nWhere 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."
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