Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

submissively

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.71 in modern English

Syllables
sub-mis-sive-ly
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a submissive manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English submissive Middle English -ly English -ly English submissively From submissive + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more submissively (comparative) most submissively (superlative)

Synonyms

deferentially

Questions

What does submissively mean?
In a submissive manner.
Where does submissively come from?
Etymology tree English submissive Middle English -ly English -ly English submissively From submissive + -ly.

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