meekly
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
meek/miːk/
▶adjective quiet, gentle, and submissive.
– derivatives
meekly adverb,
meekness noun.
meekly adverb,
meekness noun.
– origin ME me(o)c, from ON mjúkr ‘soft, gentle’.
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