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Meanings of meek in английском

Humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness.

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Very docile.

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Evidencing little spirit or courage; overly submissive or compliant.

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Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.

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Examples for "spiritless"
Examples for "spiritless"
1
I'm in the thick of the most spiritless crew in the kingdom.
Beauchamp's Career — Volume 2
2
She was acting Miss Howe, I thought; and I the spiritless Hickman.
Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 4
3
Sir Isaac himself seemed spiritless; he was aware that something was wrong.
What Will He Do with It? — Complete
4
Upon the spiritless, cowardly and unwarlike, such deformity of visage still remains.
Tacitus on Germany
5
But Edith felt too fagged and spiritless just at present to notice.
A Terrible Secret: A Novel
Usage of meek in английском
1
Jesus was right: it seems the meek shall, indeed, inherit the earth.
The Irish Times
2
It says blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
The stand
3
We must still be a little meek in the face of Heaven.
The Lions of the Lord: A Tale of the Old West
4
As it says in Proverbs, the words of the meek break bones.
Metro 2033
5
The other men laughed, but the Red Fox looked meek and lowly.
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
6
In fact, Stephens did herself no favours with such a meek response.
The Guardian
7
The woods were still and meek as the slumbers of an infant.
Charlemont; Or, The Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky
8
Their meek acceptance of defeat will be a grave concern for Clement.
The Guardian
9
A solo climber with a meek spirit won't ever see a summit.
Rock and Ice Magazine
10
The former was ever meek and feminine, the latter fierce and unsubmissive.
A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson
11
But not so the humble Christian-Notso the meek follower of Jesus.
Sermons on Various Important Subjects / Written Partly on Sundry...
12
They were wet, meek, and tractable curls at eight in the morning.
Fanny Herself
13
So he sullenly mounted the meek and humble pony and cantered off.
Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories
14
The meek little woman grew downright angry when she spoke of it.
The Fallen Leaves
15
They came in like roaring lions but went out meek as lambs.
Modern Persia
16
All the more complete and beautiful was her meek spirit of obedience.
North and South
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Meek through the time
Meek across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common