Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Submissive"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Submissive \Sub*mis"sive\, a.
1. 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.
2. 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. -- {Sub*mis"sive*ly}, adv. --
{Sub*mis"sive*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
submissive
adj 1: inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others
or showing such inclination; "submissive servants"; "a
submissive reply"; "replacing troublemakers with more
submissive people" [ant: {domineering}]
2: willing to submit without resistance to authority; deferent
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}]
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