[more submissive; most submissive] : willing to obey someone else
▪ a submissive person ▪ submissive behavior
▪ a submissive person ▪ submissive behavior
— sub·mis·sive·ly adverb
▪ He behaved submissively.
▪ He behaved submissively.
— sub·mis·sive·ness noun [noncount]







