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submissively

How many syllables in submissively?

  4 syllables

Divide submissively into syllables:   sub-mis-sive-ly
Stressed syllable in submissively:   sub-mis-sive-ly
How to say submissively:

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Synonyms for submissively


2 syllables
  • meekly
  • tamely
3 syllables
  • inertly
4 syllables
    5 syllables
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