adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He was young and hard-working, though annoyingly servile .
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The cruel king and his servile courtiers entered the room.
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The driver asked in a servile tone for more instructions.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And there was nothing servile about them.
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Away with slavish weeds and servile thoughts!
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It is logical that they revealed an intimate but not servile attachment to the achievements of past master sculptors.
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The girl was definitely not servile in her speech or appearance.
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They are outdated, servile images that have survived somehow in a changing world.
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They lead a double life, on the surface passive, even servile , but inside they suffer.
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This cowardly and servile Nizan-Pluvinage was ready to lick the dust to deceive the intended victims of his spying.