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Meanings of as submissive in English

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Usage of as submissive in English
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She was as submissive and obedient as if he had been the king.
The Princess and the Goblin
2
Vivian, who was as fragile as Stephen, as submissive, said it out loud anyway.
Narcissus in Chains
3
I wonder if she means to be as submissive as she thought she would.
Elsie's Girlhood / A Sequel to "Elsie Dinsmore" and "Elsie's Hol...
4
It evoked a postwar era of advertising that portrayed wives as submissive rather than independent.
The Irish Times
5
Young women are usually referred to as sluts, whores, bitches etc, and represented as submissive.
The Guardian
6
It brought steel out of the "rascals," and made them as submissive as shoe-strings.
Our World; Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter
7
He was as submissive as could be desired.
Adela Cathcart, Volume 3
8
All feel the power of the Sheikh, and are almost as submissive as if they were at Mourzuk.
Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years ...
9
I will give a hundred willingly, provided she is a maid and is as submissive as a lamb.
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 2...
10
I swear eternal gratitude, and to be as submissive to you as a good daughter ought to be.
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 2...
11
They yield, as submissive as curs.
Justice in the By-Ways, a Tale of Life
12
To you I should have been, of course, as submissive after my beating as while it was going on.
The Unwilling Vestal
13
He kept out of the way of temptation almost timidly, and was faithful to her, and as submissive as a spaniel.
The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 3
14
Asian women, meanwhile, regularly go up for parts as masseuses and sex workers or characters described as submissive, fragile or quiet.
The Guardian
15
New France was as law-abiding as New England; her people were quite as submissive to their leaders in both Church and State.
The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism
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He was as submissive as a child; and would not and could not do anything until he had gotten permission-thusmuch for discipline.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 / Little J...
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As submissive across language varieties
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