servile — meaning in English
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English meaning
- servile adj Excessively willing to obey or please others; behaving like a slave.
- subservient adj Excessively willing to obey or serve others, often to an unhealthy degree.
Senses
servile is used for these senses in English:
- auxiliary verb (grammar) A verb that accompanies the main verb in a clause in order to make distinctions in tense, mood, voice or aspect.
- subservient Obsequiously submissive.
subservient — full definition
- adj Excessively willing to obey or serve others, often to an unhealthy degree.
- adj Serving a secondary or supporting purpose to something else.
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