Meekness
['mi:knis]
Definition
(noun.) a disposition to be patient and long suffering.
(noun.) the feeling of patient, submissive humbleness.
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Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being meek.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Humbleness, humility, lowliness, lowness, demureness, condescension, self-abasement, gentleness, modesty, submission, submissiveness, mildness.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.
Typist: Marvin
Examples
- The Count, with truly Christian meekness of temper, smiled and left the room. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I am pretty well, I thank you, answered Mr. Lorry, with meekness; how are you? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Lydgate was bowing his neck under the yoke like a creature who had talons, but who had Reason too, which often reduces us to meekness. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Mr. Snagsby, with his cough of meekness, rejoins, Wouldn't you really, my dear? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He tends to meekness and obesity. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- If Miss Brooke ever attained perfect meekness, it would not be for lack of inward fire. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She was angered quickly, but she forgave just as readily, and underneath her pride there was the meekness of a child. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Bishop said he was glad to think that this wealth flowed into the coffers of a gentleman who accepted it with meekness. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- This mound of meekness, this lump of love, this bottle-green smiler, this is your driver! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- As if he denied himself the pleasure of uttering it, lest he should soar too high; and his meekness therefore preferred to be unmeaning. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- You would oblige me greatly by doing so, Dorothea, said Mr. Casaubon, with a shade more meekness than usual in his polite manner. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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