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All of them understood their task and submissively tried to describe the president’s thoughts in their own words.

From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2022

And when urine was allowed through holes in the barrier, the fish behaved differently: the smaller fish acted more submissively toward the bigger ones.

From Scientific American • Dec. 22, 2021

He shattered taboos of his era by refusing to act submissively.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2013

Zero Dark Thirty sticks solemnly and submissively to the CIA's official version of events, as received by screenwriter Mark Boal from his anonymous sources.

From The Guardian • Jan. 24, 2013

“We made the money up this morning, sir,” said one of the men, submissively, while the other perused Mr. Jaggers’s face.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens