Both Uses of
subservient
in
The House of Mirth
- She was "perfect" to every one: subservient to Bertha's anxious predominance, good-naturedly watchful of Dorset's moods, brightly companionable to Silverton and Dacey, the latter of whom met her on an evident footing of old admiration, while young Silverton, portentously self-absorbed, seemed conscious of her only as of something vaguely obstructive.†
Chpt 2.1
- The words, and the movement which accompanied them, combined to startle Lily out of the state of tranced subservience into which she had insensibly slipped.†
Chpt 2.7 *
Definition:
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(subservient) serving in a less important role -- sometimes implying excessive submissiveness