meek
adjective
humbly patient or quiet in nature, as under provocation from others.
meeker
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comparativeof meek.comparative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating a greater degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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First, riverbank lupine snuck into the garden on a mislabeled seed package, swamping meeker plants.
From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2023
After Jane Cleveland’s husband is installed as vicar in a village church, Jane is introduced to a Miss Doggett, a robust woman who bosses around the meeker parishioners.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 14, 2022
But Asian American food is not the Westernization of Asian flavor, like the sweet tikka masalas and sticky General Tsos adapted for a presumed meeker American palate.
From Salon ● May 26, 2022
But the evening quickly becomes awkward, as the incorrigible alpha male Lucas teases and pokes at the meeker Adam, making unreasonable demands on him and Eva until Adam finally breaks and spills some embarrassing secrets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2022
Poor Mr. Cole, priestlike in his tippet, cuts a meeker figure than another Merstham rector, James Samborne.
From Highways and Byways in Surrey by Hugh Thomson
