Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: subservient
IPA transcription: [səbs'ɝviənt]
Pronunciations of subservient
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: subservient
    Meaning: compliant and obedient to authority; "editors and journalists who express opinions in print that are opposed to the interests of the rich are dismissed and replaced by subservient ones"-G. B. Shaw
Usage examples
  • In the connection of the church and state, I have considered the former as subservient only, and relative, to the latter; a salutary maxim, if in fact, as well as in narrative, it had ever been held sacred.
  • He then let it down into the well, and persuaded the Hebrews that God had hearkened to his prayers, and had promised to render the water such as they desired it to be, in case they would be subservient to him in what he should enjoin them to do, and this not after a remiss or negligent manner.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Eastern Bloc, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Futurist cooking, License CC BY-SA 4.0