All 4 Uses of
servile
in
War and Peace
- He noticed that they whispered to one another, casting significant looks at him with a kind of awe and even servility.†
Chpt 1 *
- "Or is it yours?" he said, addressing the black-mustached Denisov with servile deference.†
Chpt 4
- The faces of the unimportant people awaiting their turn for an audience showed embarrassment and servility; the faces of those of higher rank expressed a common feeling of awkwardness, covered by a mask of unconcern and ridicule of themselves, their situation, and the person for whom they were waiting.†
Chpt 6
- Boris belonged to the latter and no one else, while showing servile respect to Kutuzov, could so create an impression that the old fellow was not much good and that Bennigsen managed everything.†
Chpt 10
Definition:
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(servile) submissive -- typically excessively so (so submissive or eager to serve and please that one seems to have no self-respect)
or:
relating to the work that requires obeying demeaning commands
or:
slave-like or relating to slaves