over-respectful

His manners seemed to her good on the whole, but a trifle over-respectful and out of fashion.

The Wheels of Chance: a bicycling idyll Herbert George 2006

She was, after that, once or twice impudent to me, when I gave her a well-meant general hint to be careful in her conduct; and, worse still, she was not over-respectful now, on the few occasions when

The Moonstone 2003

But, as we grow older, and become more self-conscious, we are perhaps not over-respectful of the wisdom of the aged.

The Centennial of the University of Virginia, 1819-1921 1922

They tend to be over-respectful -- the sort of respectfulness that presupposes reward, -- and to brandish _sirs_, or to be shy and silly, or else to treat one with a more airy familiarity than the acquaintanceship warrants.

A Poor Man's House Stephen Sydney Reynolds 1900

Occasionally, where it is not intended to be over-respectful to a visitor, a servant will bring in the tea, one cup in each hand.

Historic China, and other sketches Herbert Allen Giles 1890

She was, after that, once or twice impudent to me, when I gave her a well-meant general hint to be careful in her conduct; and, worse still, she was not over-respectful now, on the few occasions when Miss Rachel accidentally spoke to her.

The Moonstone Wilkie Collins 1856

This isn't the way to provide toilets: nor is being over-respectful of "democracy" or the established institutions such as the Customs Service.

Forbes.com: News Tim Worstall 2011

To be over-respectful doesn't sit well on a lover, and 'tis most unfair and very trying to the lady, poor soul! "

The Amateur Gentleman Jeffery Farnol 1915

"Then he became timid and over-respectful, and not at all like himself, and I all the time just longing to make up to him all the arrears of kindness which were due.

Double Trouble Or, Every Hero His Own Villain Herbert Quick 1893