meekly

1. 1.

   in a submissive or spiritless manner

   “meekly bowed to his wishes”
2. 2.

   in a humble manner

   “he humbly lowered his head”

   Synonymshumbly

Questions about meekly

What does meekly mean?

meekly means "in a submissive or spiritless manner". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in meekly?

meekly has 2 syllables: mee-kly. The stress falls on "mee". In IPA it is /ˈmikli/.

What is another word for meekly?

Close synonyms include humbly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is meekly a common word?

meekly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.