meekness
pronunciation
How to pronounce meekness in British English:
UK [mi:knəs]
How to pronounce meekness in American English:
US [miknəs]
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- Noun:
- the feeling of patient submissive humbleness
- a disposition to be patient and long suffering
Word Origin
- meekness (n.)
- c. 1200, meknesse; see meek (adj.) + -ness.
Example
- 1. Shadow , with her veil drawn , follows Light in secret meekness , with her silent steps of love .
- 2. Shadow , with her veil drawn , follows Light in secret meekness , with her silent steps of love .
- 3. Shadow , with her veil drawm , follows Light in secret meekness , with her silent steps of love .
- 4. He agreed with surprising meekness .
- 5. Clare knew that she loved him - every curve of her form showed that - but he did not know at that time the full depth of her devotion , its single-mindedness , its meekness ; what long-suffering it guaranteed , what honesty , what endurance , what good faith .