submissively
  (ad.)順從地;恭謹的
  Sub·mis·sive a.
  1. Inclined or ready to submit; acknowledging one's inferiority; yielding; obedient; humble.
  Not at his feet submissive in distress,
  Creature so fair his reconcilement seeking.   --Milton.
  2. Showing a readiness to submit; expressing submission; as, a submissive demeanor.
     With a submissive step I hasted down.   --Prior.
  Syn: -- Obedient; compliant; yielding; obsequious; subservient; humble; modest; passive.
  -- Sub*mis*sive*ly, adv. -- Sub*mis*sive*ness, n.
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  submissively
       adv : in a servile manner; "he always acts so deferentially around
             his superviser" [syn: deferentially]