All 6 Uses of
submissive
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- Marmeladov submissively and obediently held up both arms to facilitate the search.†
Chpt 1.2 *submissively = in a manner that submits (gives in) to the wishes of others
- She was a single woman of about thirty-five, tall, clumsy, timid, submissive and almost idiotic.†
Chpt 1.5
- She spoke as a rule little and, as we have said already, she was very submissive and timid.†
Chpt 1.6
- But I am not so submissive, let me tell you!†
Chpt 5.3
- I see that you are not so submissive!†
Chpt 5.3
- Yet till that moment she had fancied that she might escape misfortune by care, gentleness and submissiveness before everyone.†
Chpt 5.3submissiveness = inclination to submit to the wishes of others
Definition:
inclined to submit (give in) to the wishes of others