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meek

meek [ meek ] (comparative meeker, superlative meekest)


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. mild: showing mildness or quietness of nature

2. cowed: showing submissiveness and lack of initiative or will

[12th century. < Old Norse mjúkr "soft, pliant"]

meek·ly adverb
meek·ness noun
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