Meekly

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Meekly \Meek"ly\, adv.
     In a meek manner. --Spenser.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  meekly
       adv 1: in a submissive or spiritless manner; "meekly bowed to his
              wishes"
       2: in a humble manner; "he humbly lowered his head" [syn: {humbly}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "meekly":
     abjectly, acquiescently, compliantly, gently, humbly, like a lamb,
     mildly, modestly, on all fours, on bended knee, pacifically,
     passively, peaceably, quietly, resignedly, submissively, tamely,
     unassumingly, uncomplainingly, unobtrusively, unostentatiously,
     unpresumptuously, unpretendingly, unpretentiously,
     with bated breath, with due deference, without ceremony