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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (2)

1. in a submissive or spiritless manner;
- Example: "meekly bowed to his wishes"

2. in a humble manner;
- Example: "he humbly lowered his head"
[syn: humbly, meekly]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Meekly \Meek"ly\, adv. In a meek manner. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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, meekly]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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