meekly

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
16
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/miːk.li/

Definition of meekly

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. In a meek manner; quietly and humbly.
    “When Faith and Love which parted from thee never Had ripen'd thy just soul to dwell with God, Meekly thou did'st resign this earthly load Of Death, call'd Life; which us from Life doth sever.”
    “It comes from the Latin insurgo, meaning “to rise up within”: so insurrectionists are, etymologically, the same as “insurgents”, even if that is normally a word for those who do not meekly accept western military rule.”

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Etymology

From Middle English mekely, mekeliche, equivalent to meek + -ly. Compare Old Norse mjúkliga.

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