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▪ I. † ˈmeekly, a. Obs.
In 4 mekliche.
[f. meek a. + -ly1.]
= meek a.
a1350Birth 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.
c1200Ormin 11392 Þe birrþ biforr þin Laferrd Godd Cneolenn meoclike & lutenn. a1225St. Marher. 14 Þis beoð þe wepnen..eoten meokeliche and druncken meokeluker. a1300Cursor M. 1304 Quen cherubin þis errand herd Mikelik he him answard. c1380Sir Ferumb. 1945 Loke þat þou þan mukly speke & to hym mercy crye. c1450Mirour Saluacioun 4511 Iesu of thi seruants wesshe thowe the fete mekely. 1547–8Order Commun. 12 Mekely knelyng vpon your knees. 1641J. Jackson True Evang. T. ii. 131 He..answered meekely as a Lamb. 1745W. Robertson in Transl. & Paraphr. Scot. Ch. (1786) xxv. ix, Wrong'd and oppress'd how meekly he in patient silence stood. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. iv. I. 503 They had..submitted themselves meekly to the royal authority. |