1
: enduring injury with patience and without resentment : mild
a meek child dominated by his brothers
2
: deficient in spirit and courage : submissive
"I don't care," came the meek reply—
Annetta Miller
Annetta Miller3
: not violent or strong : moderate
his delivery varied from a meek, melodic patter to rapid-fire scriptural allusions—Bob Trebilcock
Bob Trebilcock
meekly
adverb
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Examples of meek in a Sentence
a meek child dominated by his brothers
She may seem meek and mild but it is all an act.
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Neither Doherty nor Brenda was meek, sorry, or easy.
—Lynn Steger Strong, The Atlantic, 22 July 2024
Vibrations caused by the flow of hydrogen damaged the reactor after just five minutes of operation at a relatively meek 70 megawatts.
—Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 22 July 2024
Their meek administrator had just solved half an hour of debating in five minutes.
—Ericka Skirpan, Scientific American, 16 July 2024
To build goodwill for the project, the representatives, a pair of meek city dwellers, deploy banal commercialese to make their case.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2024
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Lynn Steger Strong, The Atlantic, 22 July 2024
Vibrations caused by the flow of hydrogen damaged the reactor after just five minutes of operation at a relatively meek 70 megawatts.
—Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 22 July 2024
Their meek administrator had just solved half an hour of debating in five minutes.
—Ericka Skirpan, Scientific American, 16 July 2024
To build goodwill for the project, the representatives, a pair of meek city dwellers, deploy banal commercialese to make their case.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2024
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“Meek.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meek. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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