subordinately
In lower position
In a subordinate manner—occupying a lower rank or serving under another's authority.
She worked subordinately to the department head for three years.
The word also describes acting in a way that treats something as secondary or less important: Environmental concerns were addressed only subordinately to economic growth.
Yielding to another's judgment
- submissionYielding to another's will
- obedienceCompliance with authority
- acquiescenceUnresisting acceptance
- conformityAdherence to norms
adherence · yielding · docility · dutifulness · respectfulness · amenability · tractability · accordance
Offering help and reassurance
- ancillaryProviding additional support
- supplementaryServing to complete
- adjunctSubordinate addition to something
- secondaryLesser in rank
subsidiary · accessory · contributory · complementary · backup · supporting · assisting · helping
Ordered position assignment
- echelonsLevels within a hierarchy
- stratificationDivision into distinct levels
- tieredHaving multiple levels
- levelsHeights or ranked stages
chain · command · pecking · ladder · pyramid · organizational · bureaucracy · gradation
deference
Yielding to another's judgment
- submissionYielding to another's will
- obedienceCompliance with authority
- acquiescenceUnresisting acceptance
conformity · adherence · yielding · docility · dutifulness · respectfulness · amenability · tractability · accordance · observance
supportive
Offering help and reassurance
- ancillaryProviding additional support
- supplementaryServing to complete
- adjunctSubordinate addition to something
secondary · subsidiary · accessory · contributory · complementary · backup · supporting · assisting · helping · attendant
ranking
Ordered position assignment
- echelonsLevels within a hierarchy
- stratificationDivision into distinct levels
- tieredHaving multiple levels
levels · chain · command · pecking · ladder · pyramid · organizational · bureaucracy · gradation · structure
subordinatelydominantly
In a ruling way
commandingly · authoritatively · superiorly · masterfully · supremely
subordinatelychiefly
Above all else
primarily · principally · mainly · predominantly · majorly
- subordinate clausesGrammatically incomplete sentence fragments
subordinate, insubordinate, subordinates, subordinated, insubordinates