adjective (meeker, meekest)
1 quiet, gentle, and always ready to do what other people want without expressing your own opinion:
They called her Miss Mouse because she was so meek and mild. * They hung their heads in meek submission.
2 (the meek) noun [pl.] people who are meek:
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
meekly adverb:
He meekly did as he was told.
meekness noun [U]
