to be very meek and mild

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• meek — [mi:k] adj [Date: 1100 1200; : Old Norse; Origin: mjukr soft ] very quiet and gentle and unwilling to argue with people ▪ He was always so meek and mild . >meekly adv ▪ All right, said Neil meekly. >meekness n [U] …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• mild — adj. 1 not very cold VERBS ▪ be ▪ become, turn (esp. BrE) ▪ Later in the week the weather turned very mild. ▪ remain ADVERB …   Collocations dictionary

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