In a timid way

Usage examples of meekly.

Retreating meekly to his corner, Alec was quickly ignored dgity all but plain Stamie, who seemed to be the only friendly inhabitant of the place.

Volf tried to look innocent as he meekly followed Sair toward the armory, but he watched his grey-haired leader worriedly.

These and sundry other sins having duly been confessed, the badger bade the fox chastise himself with a switch plucked from the hedge, lay it down in the road, jump over it thrice, and then meekly kiss that rod in token of obedience.

His two eldest sons Svein and Harold were earls, meekly created by Edward, and his nephew Beorn was another.

Only Cloud, who seemed to realize she would go into a string the moment she misbehaved, walked meekly beside Daine, The only time she offered violence to a bystander was when he, or she, was too interested in how well the strings were tied together.

If any heart could have been touched in that cruel multitude, they would have felt some compassion for the sweet young face of the English girl, trying so meekly to do all that she was ordered, her face quite white, yet so full of sad gentleness, her grey eyes, a little dilated by the very solemnity of her position, fixed with the intent look of innocent maidenhood on the stem face of justice Hathorn.

Fontaine meekly as he stretched the mouth of the sandbag in his hand to a fillable size.

Zarya wore plain white and stayed a careful pace behind Vandene, hands folded meekly at their waists.

When the directors, you understand, agreed to sell the obelisk to Baron Groll in Urbania, I could only, meekly, go along with them.

For I take you all to witness what marvellous feats he did in that great tournament and hastilude which our brother the High King made for him, and how meekly and courteously he consorted with us the space of seven days.

In the heat of committee debate he would boldly oppose two revered academicians, knocking down their recommendations with his new-found knowledge, then return to the campus, where he would listen meekly as the Cal Tech professors lambasted the analytical procedures in his thesis.

She agreed meekly enough, accepted the sweet and magazine the air hostess was offering her, and settled down quietly to read, because her companion had taken some papers out of his brief case and was as obviously intent on studying them and she was as capable of taking a hint as the next one, and because she was a little tired and the sight of him sitting there reading, just as though he were at home with his feet on his own hearthrug, lulled her to security, she closed her eyes and slept.

Meekly, she accompanied Nayre and Brady out to the hangar, and stood by while they hurriedly put the plane in readiness.

While she spoke, the saleswoman meekly asked if I would like to try again with another Bic.

She replied with a smile, and I gave her a kiss, which she took as meekly as a lamb.