Both Uses of
grovel
in
A Prayer for Owen Meany
- My grandmother believed that mining and quarrying, of all kinds, was groveling work—and that quarriers and miners were more closely related to moles than to men.†
p. 22.0groveling = showing submission or fear
- And the youngest was a groveler, a scrounger under the pews—I couldn't even remember what its sex was.†
p. 562.3 *groveler = someone who shows submission or fear
Definition:
to show submission or fear -- sometimes by crawling or lying face down