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Submissive

  1. adjective

    inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination

    submissive servants

  2. adjective

    abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant; ; - S.H.Adams

    slavish devotion to her job ruled her life

    Similar: slavish, subservient

Word family

submissiveness · submissively

Words that mean the same

Humble

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Word parts

sub- · -ive