submissivelyadv.

Brit.

/səbˈmɪsᵻvli/, U.S.

/səbˈmɪsᵻvli/

Forms: see submissive adj. and -ly suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: submissive adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < submissive adj. + -ly suffix².

In a submissive manner. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > obedience > submissiveness > [adverb]

subjectly?1529

sufferantlya1550

submissively1572

against, with the stream1579

subjectively1579

submissly1595

submittinglya1628

hands down1896

1572 D. Fergusson Serm. sig. C. ij.^v He speiks als submissiuely as it wer a borower making requeist to a lenner.

a1593 C. Marlowe Jew of Malta (1633) iv. sig. H2 Write not so submissiuely, but threatning him.

1625 A. Darcie tr. W. Camden Hist. Elizabeth ii. 338 He compelled them to craue pardon most submissiuely for their faults.

1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther ii. 60 The whole hierarchy with heads hung down Submissively declin'd the pondrous proffer'd crown.

1748 J. Hervey Refl. Flower Garden in Medit. & Contemp. (ed. 3) I. 220 Under the heaviest Tribulations, most submissively patient.

1771 Junius Lett. liv. 288 The lower they are degraded..the more submissively they must depend upon his favour.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xiv. 126 ‘Perhaps you are right, uncle,’ replied Mrs. Kenwigs, submissively.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxii. 153 He approached me submissively,..and declared his willingness to go on.

1929 E. A. Powell Last Home of Myst. viii. 164 The pilgrims, who..looked and acted like a flock of Highland black-faced sheep, took this rude treatment submissively.

1971 National Geographic July 25/2 Many former waterfalls now slip submissively through penstocks and turbines.

2002 R. J. Richards Romantic Conception Life x. 393 Goethe rather submissively acknowledged certain conventions of landscape painting.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	submissively
释义	submissivelyadv. Brit. /səbˈmɪsᵻvli/, U.S. /səbˈmɪsᵻvli/ Forms: see submissive adj. and -ly suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: submissive adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < submissive adj. + -ly suffix². In a submissive manner. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > submissiveness > [adverb] subjectly?1529 sufferantlya1550 submissively1572 against, with the stream1579 subjectively1579 submissly1595 submittinglya1628 hands down1896 1572 D. Fergusson Serm. sig. C. ij.^v He speiks als submissiuely as it wer a borower making requeist to a lenner. a1593 C. Marlowe Jew of Malta (1633) iv. sig. H2 Write not so submissiuely, but threatning him. 1625 A. Darcie tr. W. Camden Hist. Elizabeth ii. 338 He compelled them to craue pardon most submissiuely for their faults. 1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther ii. 60 The whole hierarchy with heads hung down Submissively declin'd the pondrous proffer'd crown. 1748 J. Hervey Refl. Flower Garden in Medit. & Contemp. (ed. 3) I. 220 Under the heaviest Tribulations, most submissively patient. 1771 Junius Lett. liv. 288 The lower they are degraded..the more submissively they must depend upon his favour. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xiv. 126 ‘Perhaps you are right, uncle,’ replied Mrs. Kenwigs, submissively. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxii. 153 He approached me submissively,..and declared his willingness to go on. 1929 E. A. Powell Last Home of Myst. viii. 164 The pilgrims, who..looked and acted like a flock of Highland black-faced sheep, took this rude treatment submissively. 1971 National Geographic July 25/2 Many former waterfalls now slip submissively through penstocks and turbines. 2002 R. J. Richards Romantic Conception Life x. 393 Goethe rather submissively acknowledged certain conventions of landscape painting. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1572
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