meekly
In timid fashion
Meekly means in a quiet, submissive manner—without resistance or protest.
Someone who accepts criticism meekly doesn't argue back.
She meekly agreed to work the extra shift.
The word often carries a hint of excessive passivity, suggesting someone who should perhaps stand up for themselves but doesn't.
Without pride or arrogance
- obedientlyIn a compliant manner
- compliantlyIn an acquiescent manner
- deferentiallyWith respectful yielding
- acquiescentlyIn yielding manner
subserviently · docilely · yieldingly · passively · dutifully · tractably · amenably · resignedly
In a retiring manner
- bashfullyIn a shy manner
- timidlyIn fearful, hesitant fashion
- fearfullyIn a scared way
- nervouslyIn an anxious manner
apprehensively · hesitantly · timorously · diffidently · faintheartedly · mousy · skittishly · tremulously
With little volume
- gentlyIn a mild manner
- quietlyWithout making noise
- mild-manneredGentle and unassertive
- unassuminglyWithout airs or pretension
modestly · demurely · self-effacingly · unobtrusively · inconspicuously · unpretentiously · reservedly · discreetly
humbly
Without pride or arrogance
- obedientlyIn a compliant manner
- compliantlyIn an acquiescent manner
- deferentiallyWith respectful yielding
acquiescently · subserviently · docilely · yieldingly · passively · dutifully · tractably · amenably · resignedly · tamely
shyly
In a retiring manner
nervously · apprehensively · hesitantly · timorously · diffidently · faintheartedly · mousy · skittishly · tremulously · shrinkingly
softly
With little volume
- gentlyIn a mild manner
- quietlyWithout making noise
- mild-manneredGentle and unassertive
unassumingly · modestly · demurely · self-effacingly · unobtrusively · inconspicuously · unpretentiously · reservedly · discreetly · low-key
- adverbsquickly, slowly, very, really, now
- devout adverbsdevoutly, piously, reverently, religiously, faithfully
meeklyboldly
With fearless confidence
assertively · defiantly · fearlessly · audaciously · brazenly
meeklyarrogantly
With excessive pride
haughtily · proudly · imperiously · superciliously · loftily
meeklydefiantly
In open resistance
rebelliously · rudely · impudently · insolently · disrespectfully
- meek as a lamb
- blessed are the meek
- Meek MillPhiladelphia hip-hop artist