Overly compliant |
LA Times Daily |
18 Mar 2024 |
Timid or sheepish |
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Hardly headstrong |
Newsday |
15 Mar 2024 |
Humble and submissive (4) |
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Joe -, record producer portrayed by Con O'Neill in 2008 biopic Telstar |
Mirror Quiz |
10 Mar 2024 |
Unlikely to speak up |
USA Today |
27 Feb 2024 |
Far from wild |
Newsday |
17 Feb 2024 |
I'm me - geeky, even timid (4) |
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Too compliant |
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Mild and docile |
|
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Far from bold |
LA Times Daily |
22 Jan 2024 |
Demure |
New York Times |
14 Jan 2024 |
Submissive Mike - it's a mouse! (4) |
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Humble (4) |
Puzzler |
02 Jan 2024 |
Not bold |
USA Today |
27 Dec 2023 |
Humble, yours truly before English king (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
03 Dec 2023 |
Like those who shall inherit the Earth according to the Bible |
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The ___ (those who "shall inherit the Earth") |
Universal |
01 Dec 2023 |
Self-effacing, submissive |
The Guardian Quick |
06 Nov 2023 |
Unassuming |
LA Times Daily |
13 Oct 2023 |
Timid |
USA Today |
26 Sep 2023 |
Timid |
Newsday |
19 Sep 2023 |
Acquiescent |
New York Times |
19 Aug 2023 |
Mild |
The Telegraph Quick |
15 Jul 2023 |
Far from assertive |
Newsday |
13 Jul 2023 |
Gentle and slightly submissive (rhymes with "seek") |
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Timid |
USA Today |
29 Jun 2023 |
Timid |
Newsday |
19 Apr 2023 |
Quiet and gentle |
|
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Like a lamb |
Family Time |
13 Mar 2023 |
Timid |
Universal |
09 Mar 2023 |
Like a pushover |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Feb 2023 |
Timid |
USA Today |
27 Jan 2023 |
Unassuming |
Newsday |
06 Jan 2023 |
Timid or shy |
|
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Unassuming |
New York Times |
28 Oct 2022 |
Gentle and docile |
|
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Not at all assertive |
LA Times Daily |
24 Sep 2022 |
Unassuming |
USA Today |
05 Aug 2022 |
Mild; submissive |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Aug 2022 |
Like one due for an inheritance? |
LA Times Daily |
02 Jul 2022 |
Like a lamb? |
The Guardian Quick |
06 Jun 2022 |
Unlikely to start a confrontation |
Wall Street Journal |
24 May 2022 |
Overly docile (rhymes with "week") |
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Unassuming |
Newsday |
25 Feb 2022 |
Mild-mannered |
Family Time |
07 Feb 2022 |
Timid |
Universal |
26 Jan 2022 |
Like the eventual inheritors of the earth, in Matthew |
New York Times |
06 Jan 2022 |
Submissive |
Universal |
24 Nov 2021 |
Like a metaphorical doormat |
Universal |
06 Nov 2021 |
Retiring |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Nov 2021 |
Submissive |
The Telegraph Quick |
30 Oct 2021 |
'Blessed are the ___: for they shall inherit the earth' |
The Washington Post Sunday |
26 Sep 2021 |
Timid male reaction to mouse? |
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Mild-mannered |
Universal |
13 Jun 2021 |
Gentle, submissive |
The Times Concise |
04 Jun 2021 |
Submissive |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 May 2021 |
Timid male reaction to mouse? |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Mar 2021 |
Submissive |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Mar 2021 |
Like a personified doormat |
The Washington Post Sunday |
07 Mar 2021 |
Demure |
The Telegraph Quick |
23 Feb 2021 |
Not at all assertive |
Universal |
14 Feb 2021 |
Unassuming |
LA Times Daily |
31 Jan 2021 |
Unassuming |
The Washington Post |
31 Jan 2021 |
Gentle and timid |
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Mousy |
USA Today |
16 Jan 2021 |
Timid |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Jan 2021 |
Easily imposed on |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Jan 2021 |
Submissive Frenchman has seven days to head off |
Irish Times Crosaire |
10 Oct 2020 |
Mild; submissive |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Sep 2020 |
Timid |
USA Today |
03 Sep 2020 |
Like a shrinking violet |
New York Times |
05 Aug 2020 |
Humble |
Canadiana |
03 Aug 2020 |
Namesake dismisses NASA as spineless |
Irish Times Crosaire |
29 Jul 2020 |
Easily dominated |
LA Times Daily |
06 Jun 2020 |
Easily dominated |
The Washington Post |
06 Jun 2020 |
Gentle, timid (rhymes with "week") |
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Like a pushover |
The New Yorker |
27 Apr 2020 |
Not bold |
USA Today |
21 Apr 2020 |
Far from assertive |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Apr 2020 |
Unassertive |
Newsday |
19 Mar 2020 |
Compliant |
New York Times |
14 Mar 2020 |
Mild-mannered |
Family Time |
30 Dec 2019 |
Overly submissive |
|
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Easily pushed around |
|
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Like a milquetoast |
|
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Like a milquetoast |
New York Times |
02 Nov 2019 |
Like a lamb |
Family Time |
06 Oct 2019 |
Overly submissive |
|
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Submissive |
Universal |
20 Jun 2019 |
Submissive |
The Washington Post |
06 Jun 2019 |
Gentle, timid |
|
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Submissive |
LA Times Daily |
06 Jun 2019 |
Overly submissive |
LA Times Daily |
02 May 2019 |
Overly submissive |
The Washington Post |
02 May 2019 |
Submissive maiden: ‘You're scaring me' |
|
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Short on courage |
USA Today |
13 Feb 2019 |
Short on courage |
|
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Submissive |
|
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Overly submissive |
|
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Submissive |
|
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Timid male's reaction to mouse? |
The Sun Two Speed |
26 Nov 2018 |
Under yours truly, every king initially submissive |
|
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Submissive man evidently embarrassing kids, initially |
|
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Mild |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 Aug 2018 |
'The ___ shall inherit the earth' |
New York Times |
11 Jun 2018 |
Timid |
The Washington Post |
06 Jun 2018 |
Timid |
LA Times Daily |
06 Jun 2018 |
Timid |
Jonesin |
22 May 2018 |
Easily pushed around |
New York Times |
20 Mar 2018 |
-- and mild |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Feb 2018 |
Shy or scared |
|
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Bashful |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Jan 2018 |
Easily pushed around |
|
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"The ___ shall inherit the earth" |
|
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Timid |
|
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Submissive |
New York Times |
17 Dec 2017 |
Gentle, timid |
The Guardian Speedy |
12 Nov 2017 |
Unlikely to assert oneself |
USA Today |
10 Nov 2017 |
Biddable |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
27 Oct 2017 |
Like Caspar Milquetoast |
USA Today |
21 Oct 2017 |
Almost run into front of Kate Humble |
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Like those blessed with a worldly inheritance |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
02 Oct 2017 |
"... the ___ shall inherit ..." |
Universal |
22 Aug 2017 |
Hardly assertive |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Aug 2017 |
"Blessed are the ___" (Biblical quote) |
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Not assertive |
New York Times |
03 Aug 2017 |
Another word for timid or submissive |
|
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Timid man to eke out |
|
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Timid male, I'm frightened! |
|
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Unrebellious |
New York Times |
03 Mar 2017 |
Mousy or timid |
Universal |
06 Feb 2017 |
Easy to walk all over |
New York Times |
03 Feb 2017 |
Like Clark Kent, but not Superman |
USA Today |
18 Jan 2017 |
Purported inheritors of the earth |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Jan 2017 |
Timid |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Jan 2017 |
Submissive |
|
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Biddable |
|
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Easy to walk all over |
|
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Not assertive |
|
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Unrebellious |
|
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"... the ___ shall inherit ..." |
|
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Mousy or timid |
|
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Like Caspar Milquetoast |
|
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Like Clark Kent, but not Superman |
|
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Unlikely to assert oneself |
|
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Like a milquetoast |
USA Today |
22 Dec 2016 |
Submissive male with frightened sound |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 Nov 2016 |
Far from bold |
LA Times Daily |
17 Nov 2016 |
Far from assertive |
Universal |
16 Nov 2016 |
Docile |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Nov 2016 |
Like doormats |
LA Times Daily |
22 Oct 2016 |
Unlikely to insist on anything |
Newsday |
14 Oct 2016 |
Matthew's blessed ones? |
|
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Timid |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Sep 2016 |
Like 16-Across |
Family Time |
12 Sep 2016 |
Forbearing |
The Times Concise |
10 Jul 2016 |
Timid |
Newsday |
27 Jun 2016 |
Very docile |
The Guardian Quick |
25 Jun 2016 |
Timid |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 May 2016 |
Submissive |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Mar 2016 |
Timorous |
The Washington Post |
03 Mar 2016 |
Docile |
The Washington Post |
21 Feb 2016 |
They shall inherit the Earth |
Family Time |
08 Feb 2016 |
Tractable |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Jan 2016 |
Far from assertive |
|
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Tractable |
|
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Like a milquetoast |
|
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Humble, yours truly before English king |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 Dec 2015 |
Docile |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 Dec 2015 |
Docile |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Dec 2015 |
Proverbial inheritors |
USA Today |
16 Nov 2015 |
Modest Frenchman takes head off vegetable |
Irish Times Crosaire |
14 Nov 2015 |
Overly compliant |
LA Times Daily |
09 Nov 2015 |
Easily walked over |
New York Times |
17 Sep 2015 |
Lacking courage |
Newsday |
03 Aug 2015 |
Docile |
USA Today |
23 Jul 2015 |
Timid male's reaction to mouse? |
|
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Timid |
New York Times |
23 Mar 2015 |
Mousy |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Jan 2015 |
Gentle as a lamb |
USA Today |
04 Jan 2015 |
Nebbishy |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Jan 2015 |
Overly compliant |
|
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Submissive |
|
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Gentle as a lamb |
|
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Mousy |
|
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Nebbishy |
|
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Docile |
|
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Overly submissive |
|
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Easily walked over |
|
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Timid |
|
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Lacking courage |
|
|
Passive in nature |
|
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Proverbial inheritors |
|
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Timid |
|
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Like a mouse beginning to make fearful sound |
|
|
William gave Kate rank, ultimately they will inherit! |
|
|
Earth's inheritors? |
|
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Like a doormat |
|
|
Earth's inheritors? |
|
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Overly submissive |
|
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Easily intimidated |
|
|
They shall inherit the earth |
|
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Gentle as a lamb |
|
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Docile |
|
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Deferential |
|
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Yielding |
|
|
Earth inheritor, per Matthew |
|
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Yielding |
|
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Overly submissive |
|
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Hardly heroic |
|
|
It is said they will inherit the Earth, with "the" |
|
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Lamblike |
|
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Unlikely to raise a ruckus |
|
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Like Walter Mitty |
|
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Like Walter Mitty |
|
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Lacking in courage |
|
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Hardly pushy |
|
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Not at all assertive |
|
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Lamblike |
|
|
Setter and moose, left out among inheritors of the earth? |
|
|
Overly compliant |
|
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". . . the ___ shall inherit the Earth" |
|
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Unassuming |
|
|
"... the ___ shall inherit the earth" |
|
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"The ___ shall inherit ..." |
|
|
Earth inheritors, with "the" |
|
|
"The ___ Shall Inherit" ("Little Shop of Horrors" song) |
|
|
Overly compliant |
|
|
Like Caspar Milquetoast |
|
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Far from gutsy |
|
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Docile |
|
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Mild-mannered |
|
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Easily cowed |
|
|
Biblical heirs, with "the" |
|
|
Far from forward |
|
|
"... the ___ shall inherit the Earth" |
|
|
Unlikely to raise a ruckus |
|
|
Earth's inheritors? |
|
|
Far from fearless |
|
|
Biblical inheritors (with "the") |
|
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Biblical heirs, with "the" |
|
|
Easily imposed upon |
|
|
Far from haughty |
|
|
Earth inheritors, with "the" |
|
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Submissive |
|
|
Docile |
|
|
Mild-mannered |
|
|
Earth inheritors, with "the" |
|
|
Earth inheritors? |
|
|
Mild-mannered |
|
|
Overly docile |
|
|
Pigeon-hearted |
|
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Lamblike |
|
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Hardly demanding |
|
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Humbly patient |
|
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Subdued |
|
|
Adjective for Clark Kent |
|
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Biblical inheritors |
|
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Mousy |
|
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Mild partner |
|
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Like a milquetoast |
|
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Not forward |
|
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Wussy |
|
|
Far from bold |
|
|
Earth's inheritors |
|
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Timid |
|
|
Sheepish |
|
|
Proverbial heirs |
|
|
Not forward |
|
|
Hardly warlike |
|
|
Overly submissive |
|
|
Earth's heirs? |
|
|
Earth inheritors? |
|
|
Inheritors? |
|
|
Proverbial heirs (with "the") |
|
|
Wimpish |
|
|
Submissive |
|
|
Unlikely to raise a ruckus |
|
|
Not very bold |
|
|
Earth inheritors |
|
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Anything but bold |
|
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Docile |
|
|
Timorous |
|
|
Humble |
|
|
Anything but bold |
|
|
Docile or gentle |
|
|
Easily imposed on |
|
|
They shall inherit the Earth |
|
|
Yielding |
|
|
Subdued |
|
|
Far from pushy |
|
|
Like a lamb |
|
|
Assertive's antithesis |
|
|
Subdued |
|
|
Wimpy |
|
|
Unassuming |
|
|
Humble in spirit |
|
|
Like a milquetoast |
|
|
Very mild |
|
|
Like Casper Milquetoast |
|
|
Biblical heirs, with "the" |
|
|
Like a milquetoast |
|
|
Pacific |
|
|
Not at all bold |
|
|
Clark Kent-like |
|
|
Like a wallflower |
|
|
Beatitude heirs, with "the" |
|
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Mousy |
|
|
Shrinking |
|
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Tame |
|
|
Deferential |
|
|
Mild's partner |
|
|
Florida congresswoman Carrie |
|
|
Proverbial heirs |
|
|
Not bold |
|
|
Like the earth's inheritors, according to the Bible |
|
|
Mild-mannered |
|
|
Like a milquetoast |
|
|
Lamblike |
|
|
Biblical inheritors, with "the" |
|
|
How Dorothy described herself |
|
|
Like a lamb |
|
|
Hardly demanding |
|
|
Mild-mannered |
|
|
Proverbial inheritors |
|
|
Docile |
|
|
Like an "inherit the earth" type |
|
|
Shrinking |
|
|
Timid |
|
|
Submissive |
|
|
Unassuming |
|
|
Earth inheritors |
|
|
Biblical heirs, with "the" |
|
|
Subservient |
|
|
Humbly patient |
|
|
Humble |
|
|
Undemanding |
|
|
Earth inheritors, with "the" |
|
|
Docile; gentle |
|
|
Earth's inheritors |
|
|
Unassuming |
|
|
Earth inheritors |
|
|
Blessed ones |
|
|
Humble |
|
|
Far from aggressive |
|
|
Like Caspar Milquetoast |
|
|
Far from forceful |
|
|
Self-effacing |
|
|
Actor Donald: 1880–1946 |
|
|
Provincial heirs |
|
|
Inheritors of the earth |
|
|
Like Milquetoast |
|
|
Milquetoastish |
|
|
Long-suffering |
|
|
Patient and mild. |
|
|
Gentle. |
|
|
Humble. |
|
|
Pacific. |
|
|
Long-suffering. |
|
|
Unassuming. |
|
|
Docile. |
|
|
Slow to anger. |
|
|
Armed with patience. |
|
|
Forbearing. |
|
|
Not inclined to anger. |
|
|
Actor Donald. |
|
|
Inheritors of the earth. |
|
|
Earth inheritors. |
|
|
Submissive. |
|
|
Mild of temper. |
|
|
Earth's passive inheritors. |
|
|
Like a milquetoast |
|
|
Docile |
|
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