Both Uses of
submissive
in
The Scarlet Pimpernel
- Her mother's voice brought her back to reality once more, and with a submissive "Yes, Mama," she took her place at the supper table.†
Chpt 3 *
- "And to probe that love, you demanded that I should forfeit mine honour," he said, whilst gradually his impassiveness seemed to leave him, his rigidity to relax; "that I should accept without murmur or question, as a dumb and submissive slave, every action of my mistress.†
Chpt 16
Definition:
inclined to submit (give in) to the wishes of others