meekly

«meekly» in Mova's school dictionary: In a quiet, gentle way, without arguing or fighting back — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adverb (meekly)

meaning for a pupil

In a quiet, gentle way, without arguing or fighting back. tree →

sense 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 →
• The puppy sat meekly when told off. tree →
• Alice answered meekly, «I—I hardly know, sir.» tree →
• She meekly handed over her sweets. tree →
• Toad meekly followed Badger into the room. tree →
• He meekly agreed to tidy his room. tree →

note

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

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «meekly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.