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Meanings of submissive in English

Spanish
dominado

Role in a BDSM relationship.

dominado

Abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant.

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Inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination.

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Usage of submissive in English
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After many seconds Lola said in the same weak, submissive voice, Yes.
Atonement
2
The ministers of the Church were rendered submissive to the civil power.
The Hispanic Nations of the New World: A Chronicle of Our Southe...
3
To sit in submissive obedience seemed unreasonable; to fly from Italy impossible.
Vittoria — Volume 6
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She could be submissive in appearance while still persisting in her aims.
Famous Affinities of History: The Romance of Devotion. Volume 1
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On the other hand, the Carthusians in London had proved more submissive.
The King's Achievement
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Mary began obediently; she had never been so submissive in her life.
A Pair of Clogs
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His ideal woman-thewoman of the early Victorian period-wassubmissive and clinging.
The Miller Of Old Church
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I went in a sullen state, stunned and for the moment submissive.
Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume II
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I cycle between self-assured and submissive, and China Doll reiterates this contradiction.
Rock and Ice Magazine
10
A first-time submissive is usually easy to handle and eager to please.
The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl
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I ceased, and with submissive look awaited the answer of the Genius.
The Ruins; Or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the ...
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The small eyes of the submissive Wachita watched him with vague solicitude.
A Drift from Redwood Camp
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The docile or submissive was not the remarkable element in Nina's nature.
Lord Kilgobbin
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We just need to teach them we won't be submissive to them.
Promise of the wolves: a novel
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In Abraham's time the people were submissive, and the world was happy.
Harry Heathcote of Gangoil: A Tale of Australian Bush-Life
16
Yet the Roman Catholics of America are very submissive and very sincere.
Democracy in America — Volume 2
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