Mean
Mean adjective - Being about midway between extremes of amount or size.
Submissive and mean are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Submissive" instead an adjective "Mean".
Submissive
Submissive adjective - Readily giving in to the command or authority of another.
Mean and submissive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mean" instead an adjective "Submissive".
Nearby Words: submission, submissively
Both words in one sentence
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Proper Lady: Emma is this, though she tells Simon that just because she's proper doesn't mean she's submissive.
Source: Theatre / Jekyll & Hyde - Innocently Insensitive: Venus has a tendency to say mean things about people, while still acting very submissive and shy.
Source: Visual Novel / We Know the Devil - However, the women are also under the thumb of society—it is not considered socially acceptable for a women to be "unladylike", but this does not mean "submissive", "frail" or "dependent on a man".
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