Obediently vs Obey - What's the difference?
obediently | obey |
To do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of.
To do as one is told.
(obsolete) To be obedient, compliant (to a given law, restriction etc.).
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.iv:
As an adverb obediently
is in an obedient manner.As a verb obey is
to do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of.obey
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Verb
(en verb)- They were all taught by Triton, to obay / To the long raynes, at her commaundement [...].
