† deˈmissly, adv. Obs.
[f. demiss a. + -ly2.]
Submissively, humbly; abjectly, basely.
| 1598 Florio, Remissamente, demislie, remislie, basely, cowardly. 1617 Hieron Wks. II. 390 To thinke so demissely and vnworthily of it selfe. 1610 Holland Camden's Brit. ii. 139 He most demisely beseecheth..he might now haue experience of her merciful lenity. |