0 in a way that allows yourself to be controlled by other people:
The boy fell to the ground, submissively holding his hands out in front of him.
"Guess you're right, Randy," he said submissively.
Did the people submissively accept dictatorship without a struggle?
Unwilling to submit to confinement submissively, these young women in turn staged dramatic escapes or provocative strip shows.
The poor however did not submissively exist in the background whilst the privileged aristocracy strutted confidently in the foreground.
The food may be accepted submissively, accepted with impudence, or rejected.
Some of us ventured to say that, however submissively and humbly we accepted their proposals, this would happen.
She did not stand submissively by, nor did her women and children.
