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subservient
(encz) | subservient,podlézavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
subservient
(encz) | subservient,podřízený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
subservient
(encz) | subservient,prospěšný Pavel Cvrček |
subservient
(encz) | subservient,užitečný Pavel Cvrček |
Subservient
(gcide) | Subservient \Sub*serv"i*ent\, 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.
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Scarce ever reading anything which he did not make
subservient in one kind or other. --Bp. Fell.
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These ranks of creatures are subservient one to
another. --Ray.
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Their temporal ambition was wholly subservient to their
proselytizing spirit. --Burke.
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subservient
(wn) | subservient
adj 1: compliant and obedient to authority; "editors and
journalists who express opinions in print that are
opposed to the interests of the rich are dismissed and
replaced by subservient ones"-G. B. Shaw
2: serving or acting as a means or aid; "instrumental in solving
the crime" [syn: implemental, instrumental,
subservient]
3: abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant;
"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" [syn: slavish, subservient,
submissive] |
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subserviently
(encz) | subserviently, |
subservientness
(encz) | subservientness, n: |
Subservient
(gcide) | Subservient \Sub*serv"i*ent\, 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.
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Scarce ever reading anything which he did not make
subservient in one kind or other. --Bp. Fell.
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These ranks of creatures are subservient one to
another. --Ray.
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Their temporal ambition was wholly subservient to their
proselytizing spirit. --Burke.
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subservient
(gcide) | low-level \low-level\ adj.
1. weak; not intense; as, low-level radiation.
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2. lower in rank or importance. [Narrower terms: {adjunct,
assistant}; {associate(prenominal) ; {buck ;
{deputy(prenominal), proxy(prenominal) ; {subject,
dependent ; {subservient ] [Narrower terms:
{under(prenominal) ; {ruled ; {secondary ] Also See
inferior, subordinate. Antonym: dominant.
Syn: subordinate.
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3. at a low level in rank or importance; as, a low-level job;
low-level discussions.
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4. occurring at a relatively low altitude; as, a low-level
strafing run; low-level bombing.
[WordNet 1.5] Lowlihood |
Subserviently
(gcide) | Subserviently \Sub*serv"i*ent*ly\, adv.
In a subservient manner.
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subserviently
(wn) | subserviently
adv 1: in an obsequious manner; "she acts obsequiously toward
her boss" [syn: obsequiously, subserviently,
servilely] |
subservientness
(wn) | subservientness
n 1: in a subservient state [syn: subservience,
subservientness] |
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