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Definition of Submissively
1. Adverb. In a servile manner. "He always acts so deferentially around his supervisor"
Definition of Submissively
1. Adverb. In a submissive manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Submissively
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Submissively
Literary usage of Submissively
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1825)
"The zeal and numbers of the clergy declined; and the people, without discipline,
or knowledge, or hope, submissively sunk under the yoke of the Arabian ..."
2. Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year by New-York Historical Society (1878)
"Now that I have done this your Lordships future commands shall be submissively
obeyed by, My Lords, <fe° To SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON, BART. ..."
3. Works by Leo Tolstoy (1904)
"Like a steer, submissively lowering his head, he was waiting for the fall of the
axe, which, he felt, was raised above him. ..."
4. The History of Rome by Livy (1888)
"... he then charged the soldiers that, conducting themselves submissively, and
keeping quiet, they would not make any noise or disturb the mariners in the ..."
5. Memoirs of Doctor Burney by Fanny Burney (1832)
"He resigned himself, therefore, submissively, however little pleased, to the laws
of his noble country, ever ready to consider, like Pope, " All partial ..."
6. Memoirs of Doctor Burney by Fanny Burney (1832)
"He resigned himself, therefore, submissively, however little pleased, to the laws
of his noble country, ever ready to consider, like Pope, " All partial ..."
7. Memoirs of Doctor Burney by Fanny Burney (1832)
"He resigned himself, therefore, submissively, however little pleased, to the laws
of his noble country, ever ready to consider, like Pope, " All partial ..."
8. A Cyclopedia of Missions: Containing a Comprehensive View of Missionary by Harvey Newcomb (1860)
"The Hindoos hold that a man may obtain must submissively bow. Moral principle
and j righteousness by his own works, and more benevolent feeling seem to be ..."
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