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She has become silently submissive.submissive = inclined to submit (give in) to the wishes of others
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He isn't a dog, but the same rules apply. Looking away is submissive. Looking him in the eye is a challenge. (source)submissive = giving into the authority of another
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He was quiet and submissive. (source)submissive = inclined to submit to the wishes of others
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Grady, Grade-E loser, ... and crystal meth submissive, (source)submissive = inclined to submit (give in)
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I put my hands on the table, folding them over each other in what I hoped was a submissive pose, and waited. (source)submissive = appearing to submit (give in) to the wishes of others
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It's one of your favorite fantasies, isn't it? the submissive Oriental woman and the cruel white man. (source)submissive = inclined to submit (give in) to the wishes of others
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The sun, still shy and submissive to winter, peeped in now and then between days of mean wind and bitter rain.† (source)
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"Yes, Your Majesty," she said as submissively as possible, staring at the man's boots.† (source)submissively = in a manner that submits (gives in) to the wishes of others
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The kid was quick to comply and Archie was pleased at his submissiveness. (source)submissiveness = tendency to submit to the wishes of othersstandard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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That man, the unsubmissive and first, stands in the opening chapter of every legend mankind has recorded about its beginning.† (source)unsubmissive = not inclined to submit (give in) to the wishes of othersstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unsubmissive means not and reverses the meaning of submissive. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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They would be quiet and submissive, with eyes turned away.† (source)
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He looked nervous, standing in his white socks while the inspectors surrounded him, holding his hands submissively along his trouser seams.† (source)submissively = in a manner that submits (gives in) to the wishes of others
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Worse, he had renounced sex when he consecrated himself to the Universes and this had a shocking effect on Star; sweet submissiveness wasn't her style.† (source)submissiveness = inclination to submit to the wishes of others
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Often she started up at night, thinking Beth called her, and when the sight of the little empty bed made her cry with the bitter cry of unsubmissive sorrow, "Oh, Beth, come back!† (source)unsubmissive = not inclined to submit (give in) to the wishes of others
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Was I getting so used to being submissive?† (source)
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Her head might have been bowed submissively, but her face was full of a white-hot rage.† (source)submissively = in a manner that submits (gives in) to the wishes of others
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