English edit

Etymology edit

genuflect +‎ -ive

Adjective edit

genuflective (comparative more genuflective, superlative most genuflective)

  1. servile
    • 2009 February 1, Joe Queenan, “Super Bowl Suits”, in New York Times[1]:
      But as with many journalists provided such access, the trade-off seems to have been an agreement signed in blood to conduct the interviews in the genuflective mode.