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- adjective
Not servile .
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- adjective not servile or submissive
Etymologies
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Examples
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He came straight to the dais, and made the Welshman's brisk, unservile reverence to the prince.
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Madog approached the abbot with the Welshman's unservile readiness to accept all men as equals, and told his story simply.
An Excellent Mystery Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1985
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Madog approached the abbot with the Welshman's unservile readiness to accept all men as equals, and told his story simply.
An Excellent Mystery Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1985
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One of the waiters happened to note her, advanced bowing and smiling with that good-humored, unservile courtesy which is the peculiar possession of the Americanized colored race.
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One of the waiters happened to note her, advanced bowing and smiling with that good-humored, unservile courtesy which is the peculiar possession of the Americanized colored race.
Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise David Graham Phillips 1889
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Blond's body language is refreshingly unservile, direct and lacking in cynicism and Blairite jokiness.
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