docilely
English
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editdocilely (comparative more docilely, superlative most docilely)
- Submissively or obediently.
- 2002, Sarah Waters, chapter 7, in Fingersmith, London: Virago, →ISBN, part 2, page 194:
- My uncle returns to his mess of papers, dismissing us; and I go docilely back to my sewing.
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edit- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
- “docilely”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.