adj humble, always willing to do what other people want, feeling you are not important (NOTE: meeker – meekest)
meek
(mek), a. [Compar. Meeker (-er); superl. Meekest.] [OE. mek, meoc; akin to Icel. mjkr mild, soft, Sw. mjuk, Dan. myg, D. muik, Goth. mukamodei gentleness.]
1. Mild of temper; not easily provoked or orritated; patient under injuries; not vain, or haughty, or resentful; forbearing; submissive. “Now the man Moses was very meek.” Num. xii. 3.
2. Evincing mildness of temper, or patience; characterized by mildness or patience; as a meek answer; a meek face. ´Her meek prayer.´ Chaucer. Syn. — Gentle; mild; soft; yielding; pacific; unassuming; humble. See Gentle. { Meek , Meek´en (-’n) }, v. t. To make meek; to nurture in gentleness and humility. [Obs.] Chaucer.
1. Mild of temper; not easily provoked or orritated; patient under injuries; not vain, or haughty, or resentful; forbearing; submissive. “Now the man Moses was very meek.” Num. xii. 3.
2. Evincing mildness of temper, or patience; characterized by mildness or patience; as a meek answer; a meek face. ´Her meek prayer.´ Chaucer. Syn. — Gentle; mild; soft; yielding; pacific; unassuming; humble. See Gentle. { Meek , Meek´en (-’n) }, v. t. To make meek; to nurture in gentleness and humility. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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