docilely
In meek compliance
Docilely means in a docile manner—submissively, without resistance or protest.
Someone who goes along docilely accepts direction or control without objection: The prisoners filed docilely onto the bus.
The word often carries a slightly negative connotation, suggesting excessive passivity or a failure to assert oneself.
In a compliant manner
- submissivelyIn yielding deference
- acquiescentlyIn yielding manner
- yieldinglyIn a compliant manner
- deferentiallyWith respectful yielding
tractably · amenably · cooperatively · obligingly · accommodatingly · agreeably · conformably · compliantly
In docile manner
calmly · peacefully · serenely · quietly · tamely · inoffensively · harmlessly · soothingly
Without active participation
- inertlyWithout motion or reaction
- stoicallyWith unemotional endurance
- apatheticallyWithout interest or emotion
- indifferentlyWithout preference or concern
phlegmatically · impassively · listlessly · unassertively · dispassionately · detachedly · lifelessly · spiritlessly
obediently
In a compliant manner
- submissivelyIn yielding deference
- acquiescentlyIn yielding manner
- yieldinglyIn a compliant manner
deferentially · tractably · amenably · cooperatively · obligingly · accommodatingly · agreeably · conformably · compliantly · pliantly
meekly
In docile manner
placidly · calmly · peacefully · serenely · quietly · tamely · inoffensively · harmlessly · soothingly · temperately
passively
Without active participation
- inertlyWithout motion or reaction
- stoicallyWith unemotional endurance
- apatheticallyWithout interest or emotion
indifferently · phlegmatically · impassively · listlessly · unassertively · dispassionately · detachedly · lifelessly · spiritlessly · torpidly
docilelydefiantly
In open resistance
rebelliously · disobediently · obstinately · contumaciously · stubbornly
docilelyassertively
In a self-assured way
forcefully · aggressively · boldly · domineeringly · imperiously
- docile natureSubmissive, agreeable character
- docile temperamentSubmissive, manageable personality