Meek vs Expressly - What's the difference?
meek | expressly |
Humble, modest, meager, or self-effacing.
* 1848:
* "Blessed are the meek , for they shall inherit the earth" (Matthew 5:5)
Submissive, dispirited.
* 1920: , Main Street [http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=surround&offset=432765822&tag=Lewis,+Sinclair:+Main+Street,+1920&query=+meek&id=LewMain]
In an expressive or explicit manner.
As an adjective meek
is humble, modest, meager, or self-effacing.As a verb meek
is to tame; to break.As an adverb expressly is
in an expressive or explicit manner.meek
English
Adjective
(er)- Mrs. Wickam was a meek woman...who was always ready to pity herself, or to be pitied, or to pity anybody else...
- What if they were wolves instead of lambs? They'd eat her all the sooner if she was meek to them. Fight or be eaten.
Synonyms
* See alsoexpressly
English
Adverb
(head)- We were expressly permitted to use the building.