obediently

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English obedient

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English obediently

From obedient + -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

obediently (comparative more obediently, superlative most obediently)

1. In an obedient manner.
   • 1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 71:

     This at least Heidi could understand, and she followed her obediently into the dining-room.

Translations

in an obedient manner

• Catalan: obedientment (ca)
• Dutch: gehoorzaam (nl)
• Finnish: kuuliaisesti (fi), tottelevaisesti (fi)
• French: docilement (fr), sans discuter
• Galician: obedientemente
• German: gehorsam (de)
• Italian: ubbidientemente (it)
• Latin: oboedienter
• Polish: posłusznie (pl)
• Portuguese: obedientemente
• Spanish: obedientemente