ಅರ್ಥ : Compliant and obedient to authority.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
Editors and journalists who express opinions in print that are opposed to the interests of the rich are dismissed and replaced by subservient ones.
ಅರ್ಥ : Serving or acting as a means or aid.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
Instrumental in solving the crime.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : implemental, instrumental
ಅರ್ಥ : Abjectly submissive. Characteristic of a slave or servant.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
Slavish devotion to her job ruled her life.
A slavish yes-man to the party bosses.
She has become submissive and subservient.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : slavish, submissive