† demisslyadv.
Obsolete.
Submissively, humbly; abjectly, basely.
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the mind > emotion > humility > [adverb]
edmodlichec1175
meeklyc1175
low1340
lowlyc1350
humblyc1374
humilyc1380
meeka1382
poorlyc1385
benignlyc1386
lowlily1415
sheep-like1582
demissly1598
squire-like1608
demissively1622
forma pauperisa1627
under favour1699
daftly1724
abasedly1830
the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [adverb]
abjectlya1500
servilely1550
bondly1553
slavishly1565
fawningly1591
demissly1598
with hat in hand1599
assentatorilya1626
hat in hand1629
cringingly1675
obsequiously1736
trucklingly1831
crawlingly1865
snivellingly1959
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Remissamente, demislie, remislie, basely, cowardly.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. ii. 139 He most demisely beseecheth..he might now have experience of her merciful lenity.
a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 390 To thinke so demissely and vnworthily of it selfe.
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