▪ I. † ˈmeekly, a. Obs.
In 4 mekliche.
[f. meek a. + -ly1.]
= meek a.
| a 1350 Birth Jesu 400 (Egerton MS.) Mekliche men iheiȝed he haþ also. |
▪ II. meekly, adv.
(ˈmiːklɪ)
Forms: see meek a.; also 4 mekkeli, mikelik, muekliche, mukly.
[f. meek a. + -ly2.]
In a meek or humble manner.
| c 1200 Ormin 11392 Þe birrþ biforr þin Laferrd Godd Cneolenn meoclike & lutenn. a 1225 St. Marher. 14 Þis beoð þe wepnen..eoten meokeliche and druncken meokeluker. a 1300 Cursor M. 1304 Quen cherubin þis errand herd Mikelik he him answard. c 1380 Sir Ferumb. 1945 Loke þat þou þan mukly speke & to hym mercy crye. c 1450 Mirour Saluacioun 4511 Iesu of thi seruants wesshe thowe the fete mekely. 1547–8 Order Commun. 12 Mekely knelyng vpon your knees. 1641 J. Jackson True Evang. T. ii. 131 He..answered meekely as a Lamb. 1745 W. Robertson in Transl. & Paraphr. Scot. Ch. (1786) xxv. ix, Wrong'd and oppress'd how meekly he in patient silence stood. 1849 Macaulay Hist. Eng. iv. I. 503 They had..submitted themselves meekly to the royal authority. |