submissive, adj.
freq. cnt. 4
freq. cnt. 4
inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4
submissive
sample sentences
"submissive servants""a submissive reply"
"replacing troublemakers with more submissive people"
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abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant
<adj.all>
slavish submissive subservient
sample sentences
"slavish devotion to her job ruled her life""a slavish yes-man to the party bosses"- S.H.Adams
"she has become submissive and subservient"
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