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| type | a |
| lex_filenum | 00 |
| def | submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior |
| examples | spoke in a servile tone the incurably servile housekeeper servile tasks such as floor scrubbing and barn work |
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| Derivationally related form | servile → servility |
| Antonym | servile → unservile |
| Similar to | bootlicking, fawning, sycophantic, toadyish; obsequious; slavish, subservient, submissive; slavelike |
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| Similar to | bootlicking, fawning, sycophantic, toadyish; obsequious; slavish, subservient, submissive; slavelike |
| Antonym | unservile → servile |
| Derived from adjective | servilely → servile |
| Derivationally related form | servility → servile |
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