hat in hand

Adverb

Meaning

hat in hand (not comparable)

(idiomatic) With humility; in an apologetic or self-effacing fashion.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

modestly lowly humbly abjectly deferentially obsequiously servilely subserviently meekly submissively cap in hand

Antonyms

confidently arrogantly contemptuously haughtily imperiously boldly
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Examples

He is seen at the far right, hat in hand, in this photograph of the 1909 summer session. Source: Internet

So Benjamin and his cohorts went hat in hand to the mayor, who gave the museum group the building and a startup fund of $1,000. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

hat framing the face hat hair hat head hat in the ring hat made of leaves of the jipijapa plant hat maker