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meekly
adverb as in mildly
adverb as in patiently
Example Sentences
By the same token, if an institution with more firepower than any entity on earth meekly submits to threats that are thus far hypothetical, how would it act if Trump were actually in power?
On the day he resigned as first minister he talked of "the energised activism of tens of thousands of people who I predict will refuse to meekly go back into the political shadows".
They didn’t act mad, meekly banging out six hits against five Padres pitchers and not scoring after the third inning.
Ventura, standing confidently at the center of the painting and staring directly at the viewer, possesses a beard surpassing that of her husband, who appears meekly behind her.
Indeed, Procopius wrote that Amalasuintha would not meekly give way to a coup as “a woman would,” and paid with her life.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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