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US
/ˈmik/
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[ UK /mˈiːk/ ]
[ UK /mˈiːk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness
meek and self-effacing -
very docile
tame obedience
meek as a mouse -
evidencing little spirit or courage; overly submissive or compliant
was submissive and subservient
compliant and anxious to suit his opinions of those of others
a fine fiery blast against meek conformity
she looked meek but had the heart of a lion
How To Use meek In A Sentence
- Just a reminder - expenditure on staff costs and consumables is ‘spending’, not ‘investment’, and just because Nu-Labour persists in miscalling it as spending, it doesn't mean we have to accept meekly their attempts to confuse the issue.
- The meek shall inherit the earth.
- Her bosses are mean to her, she's kind of meek, and doesn't have any friends in the city.
- vintner" and "peddler" of his objurgations, and meekly whispers into his ear with the air of a conspirator reporting a plot to his chief. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875
- I meekly told her about the chewiness of the meat.
- WHISTLER In his fourth Olympics, U.S. biathlon veteran Jay Hakkinen was determined not to let his team go out meekly from a disappointing Games. After disappointing Olympics, U.S. biathletes look forward
- Although frustrated, the man meekly returned the offending piece back to its stand.
- They are ultra-competitive on the field but meek and mild and very polite off the field.
- It is fair to say that in their presence I tended to be quiet, almost meek. FRANKIE: The Autobiography of Frankie Dettori
- Her motherlessness plays no small role in this; her obstinate self-sufficiency evidently compensates for her father's meekness and her mother's absence.