submissively
adverb/səbˈmɪsɪvli/
/səbˈmɪsɪvli/
- in a way that shows you are willing to accept somebody else's authority and willing to obey them without questioning anything they want you to do
- ‘You're right and I was wrong,’ he said submissively.
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