meekly
Adverb
Meaning
In a meek manner.
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Examples
he humbly lowered his head
meekly bowed to his wishes
The Tuatha Dé Danann are at that time oppressed by the Fomorians, and Lugh is amazed how meekly they accept this.
Pope Francis’ Ben Zaranek denied Messuri a couple times on sparkling chances, including one that squirted through his pads but trickled meekly off the post, and turned away a 2-on-1 in the third, while Nathan Brennan was solid for the Spy Ponders as well.
Alien: Covenant joins the dots to the original trilogy with strong echoes of Sigourney Weaver's exploits as Ripley, meekly mimicked here by Waterston.
I do not imply Haiti’s government should sit meekly by while Haitians suffer from economic hardship.