meekest
- 1Superlative of meek.
She was the meekest of the three sisters, always happy to let the others take the credit.
Years of harsh treatment had made him the meekest prisoner on the block, agreeing to every demand without a word.
Note
The plain -est ending does the work, with no change of spelling. Both shades of meek come along: the modest person who claims least for herself, and the cowed one who gives way soonest, and only the sentence tells which is meant. It usually follows the or a possessive and often takes of: the meekest of the three sisters, his meekest tone.
meekest is a form of meek
meek, adjective: Quiet, gentle, and humble in manner, tending to accept what others say or do without protest or resistance. Full entry
- Spelling
- meek → meekest: add -est
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