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submissiveness
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submissiveness
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Submissiveness
(gcide) | Submissive \Sub*mis"sive\, a.
1. Inclined or ready to submit; acknowledging one's
inferiority; yielding; obedient; humble.
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Not at his feet submissive in distress,
Creature so fair his reconcilement seeking.
--Milton.
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2. Showing a readiness to submit; expressing submission; as,
a submissive demeanor.
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With a submissive step I hasted down. --Prior.
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Syn: Obedient; compliant; yielding; obsequious; subservient;
humble; modest; passive.
[1913 Webster] -- Sub*mis"sive*ly, adv. --
Sub*mis"sive*ness, n.
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submissiveness
(wn) | submissiveness
n 1: the trait of being willing to yield to the will of another
person or a superior force etc. |
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Submissiveness
(gcide) | Submissive \Sub*mis"sive\, a.
1. Inclined or ready to submit; acknowledging one's
inferiority; yielding; obedient; humble.
[1913 Webster]
Not at his feet submissive in distress,
Creature so fair his reconcilement seeking.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]
2. Showing a readiness to submit; expressing submission; as,
a submissive demeanor.
[1913 Webster]
With a submissive step I hasted down. --Prior.
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Syn: Obedient; compliant; yielding; obsequious; subservient;
humble; modest; passive.
[1913 Webster] -- Sub*mis"sive*ly, adv. --
Sub*mis"sive*ness, n.
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