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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Inclined or ready to submit; acknowledging one’s inferiority; yielding; obedient; humble.

Not at his feet

submissive

in distress,
Creature so fair his reconcilement seeking.

Milton.

Showing a readiness to submit; expressing submission;

as, a

submissive

demeanor

With a

submissive

step I hasted down.

Prior.

Syn. – Obedient; compliant; yielding; obsequious; subservient; humble; modest; passive.

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Sub-mis′sive-ly

adv.

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Sub-mis′sive-ness

Noun.

Adj.

Yielding to the will or power of another; obedient.

Humble; acknowledging one's inferiority; testifying one's submission.

Her at his feet submissive in distress,

He thus with peaceful words uprais'd.