Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

submissly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sub-miss-ly
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a submissive manner; with submission.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Humility consists not in railing against thyself , or wearing mean clothes , or going softly and submissly , but in hearty and real evil or mean opinion of thyself"

Etymology

From submiss + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: submiss

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more submissly (comparative) most submissly (superlative)

Questions

What does submissly mean?: In a submissive manner; with submission.
Where does submissly come from?: From submiss + -ly.

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