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# meekly

adverb (meekly)

«meekly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

In a quiet, gentle way, without arguing or fighting back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meekly/#m1)

### In the lessons

In stories it shows a character gives in or obeys without a word, sometimes too easily. Alice sometimes answers meekly when the creatures are rude. In the Bible, «Blessed are the meek» means people who are gentle and humble.

### Examples

- «Yes, Miss,» he said meekly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meekly/#x1)
- The puppy sat meekly when told off. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meekly/#x2)
- Alice answered meekly, «I—I hardly know, sir.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meekly/#x3)
- She meekly handed over her sweets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meekly/#x4)
- Toad meekly followed Badger into the room. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meekly/#x5)
- He meekly agreed to tidy his room. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meekly/#x6)

### Note

From «meek» (gentle, humble). Meekly does not mean weak: it can be gentle on purpose.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «meekly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meekly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«meekly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/meekly.html) on Mova free.