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submissly

submissly adverb: in a submissive manner; with submission.

Adverb

submissly (comparative more submissly, superlative most submissly)

  1. (archaic) In a submissive manner; with submission.
    • Humility consists not in railing against thyself , or wearing mean clothes , or going softly and submissly , but in hearty and real evil or mean opinion of thyself1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], →OCLC

Forms of submissly

comparativemore submissly
superlativemost submissly

Origin of submissly

From submiss + -ly.

Questions about submissly

What does submissly mean?
Submissly means in a submissive manner; with submission.
What part of speech is submissly?
Submissly is an adverb.

Words near submissly in the dictionary

  1. submissive
  2. submissively
  3. submissiveness
  4. submissives
  5. submissivity
  6. submissly
  7. submissness
  8. submit
  9. submitochondrial
  10. submitogenic
  11. submitral

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