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Definition of Grovelling
1. Adjective. Totally submissive.
Definition of Grovelling
1. Verb. (British) (present participle of grovel) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Grovelling
1. grovel [v] - See also: grovel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grovelling
Literary usage of Grovelling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Christian Examiner (1829)
"... Dr Beecher and Mr Nettleton are offended and disgusted with these measures,
is to be found in the cold, sluggish, and grovelling state of their hearts. ..."
2. Crabb's English Synonyms by George Crabb (1917)
"... up above this grovelling part of ourselves. See also BENT; DISPOSITION.
INCLOSE, INCLUDE. From the Latin include (from t'n, in, and dau- dere, ..."
3. History of Civilization in England by Henry Thomas Buckle (1864)
"most grovelling superstition ; he believed himself to be it of his own
territory.83 Finally, he was immersed in exorcised as one possessed by evil spirits ..."
4. Leaves of a Life: Being the Reminiscences of Montagu Williams by Montagu Stephen Williams (1890)
"... and are liberally remunerated—Benson had moved in the best society—Corrupting
the Newgate warders —Benson's grovelling letter to his father : an ..."
5. The Lusiad: Or, The Discovery of India: an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões, William Julius Mickle (1809)
"... well-earn'd meed allures thine eyes* Low grovelling in the dust the Traitor
dies; Great Elvas gave the blow: Again, behold, Chariot and steed in purple ..."
6. Alexander III of Russia by Charles Lowe (1895)
"Less anti-German than his father —Two thousand telegrams from France—The Emperor
and the President—" grovelling before the Tsar"— England and Russia— ..."
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