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单词 meekly
释义
meekly
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adv

Do something in a shy, self-effacing way, and you're doing it meekly. While some students argue with a teacher over a bad grade, others simply accept it meekly.
Aggressive dogs growl menacingly at strangers, but submissive dogs bow their heads and meekly wag their tails. If you're very reserved, you might find it hard to speak up for yourself, tending instead to listen meekly to what others say without offering your own opinion. The adverb meekly, along with the related adjective meek, has a Scandinavian root — it's related to the Old Norse mjukr, "soft and pliant."
WORD FAMILY
meek: meeker, meekest, meekly, meekness+/meekness: meeknesses
USAGE EXAMPLES
Arsenal will run riot at the London Stadium if Bilic’s side perform so meekly again.
The Guardian(Dec 02, 2016)
And on Dec. 19 the Electoral College will meekly allow itself to get steamrollered.
Salon(Nov 28, 2016)
Shawn has always been at my side, shells ready to load, but now he’s meekly peeking down the embankment.
Washington Post(Nov 16, 2016)
1adv in a humble manner
Syn
humbly
2adv in a submissive or spiritless manner
meekly bowed to his wishes
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