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docile
adjective as in compliant, submissive
Example Sentences
But the politics, somewhat removed from our familiar red–blue divides, are anything but docile.
Guy said his father would generally get rid of animals that were "snappy or nasty" and that the cows in the field had "always acted in a docile manner".
An inexperienced attack, the most docile pitch, sun burning hot enough to make statues sweat and a Pakistan captain determined to make up for 10 consecutive winless home matches.
Without Root, England would have been in severe trouble, having surprisingly been inserted by Sri Lanka on a docile pitch under blue sky and sunshine.
Their misogynist ideology cannot allow that it's attractive when a woman has a personality and isn't just a docile helpmeet.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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