"docilely" meaning in English

See docilely in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /ˈdɑ.səl.li/ [US], /ˈdɑ.saɪl.li/ [US], /ˈdɑ.sə.li/ [US] Forms: more docilely [comparative], most docilely [superlative]
Etymology: From docile + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|docile|ly}} docile + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} docilely (comparative more docilely, superlative most docilely)
  1. Submissively or obediently. Related terms: docile

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "docile",
        "3": "ly"
      },
      "expansion": "docile + -ly",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From docile + -ly.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more docilely",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most docilely",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "docilely (comparative more docilely, superlative most docilely)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ly",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2002, Sarah Waters, chapter 7, in Fingersmith, London: Virago, →ISBN, part 2, page 194:",
          "text": "My uncle returns to his mess of papers, dismissing us; and I go docilely back to my sewing.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Submissively or obediently."
      ],
      "id": "en-docilely-en-adv-fDyT9yX4",
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "docile"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɑ.səl.li/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɑ.saɪl.li/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɑ.sə.li/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "docilely"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "docile",
        "3": "ly"
      },
      "expansion": "docile + -ly",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From docile + -ly.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more docilely",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most docilely",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "docilely (comparative more docilely, superlative most docilely)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "docile"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English adverbs",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms suffixed with -ly",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2002, Sarah Waters, chapter 7, in Fingersmith, London: Virago, →ISBN, part 2, page 194:",
          "text": "My uncle returns to his mess of papers, dismissing us; and I go docilely back to my sewing.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Submissively or obediently."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɑ.səl.li/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɑ.saɪl.li/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɑ.sə.li/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "docilely"
}

Download raw JSONL data for docilely meaning in English (1.1kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (8a39820 and 4401a4c). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.