meekly

From Middle English mekely, mekeliche, equivalent to meek +‎ -ly. Compare Old Norse mjúkliga.

• IPA^(key): /miːk.li/

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• Rhymes: -iːk.li

meekly (comparative more meekly, superlative most meekly)

1. In a meek manner; quietly and humbly.
   • 1673, John Milton, When Faith and Love which parted from thee never:

     When Faith and Love which parted from thee never
     Had ripen'd thy just soul to dwell with God,
     Meekly thou did'st resign this earthly load
     Of Death, call'd Life; which us from Life doth sever.

   • 2021 January 13, Steven Poole, “'Insurrection': how an old word for an old thing was Trumped”, in The Guardian‎^[1], archived from the original on 20 January 2021:

     It comes from the Latin insurgo, meaning “to rise up within”: so insurrectionists are, etymologically, the same as “insurgents”, even if that is normally a word for those who do not meekly accept western military rule.