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submissively

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Submissive  \Sub*mis"sive\,  a. 
  1.  Inclined  or  ready  to  submit;  acknowledging  one's 
  inferiority;  yielding;  obedient;  humble. 
 
  Not  at  his  feet  submissive  in  distress,  Creature  so 
  fair  his  reconcilement  seeking.  --Milton. 
 
  2.  Showing  a  readiness  to  submit;  expressing  submission;  as 
  a  submissive  demeanor. 
 
  With  a  submissive  step  I  hasted  down  --Prior. 
 
  Syn:  Obedient;  compliant;  yielding;  obsequious;  subservient; 
  humble;  modest;  passive.  --  {Sub*mis"sive*ly},  adv  -- 
  {Sub*mis"sive*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  submissively 
  adv  :  in  a  servile  manner;  "he  always  acts  so  deferentially  around 
  his  superviser"  [syn:  {deferentially}]




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