yieldingly

1. 1.

   in an obedient manner

   “obediently she slipped off her right shoe and stocking”

   Synonymsobediently

Questions about yieldingly

What does yieldingly mean?

yieldingly means "in an obedient manner".

How many syllables are in yieldingly?

yieldingly has 3 syllables: yiel-din-gly. The stress falls on "yiel".

What is another word for yieldingly?

Close synonyms include obediently. 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 yieldingly a common word?

yieldingly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.