In a way that shows you accept another person's control and will not push back. It is the adverb of *submissive*, so it describes HOW someone acts, speaks, or looks: he nodded submissively, she answered submissively. The picture behind it is a person making themselves smaller — head down, voice quiet, agreeing before they have even thought about it. Two important things about the feel of this word. First, it is usually not a compliment. English has warmer words for cooperating (politely, respectfully, obediently), and a writer who reaches for *submissively* is often pointing at something slightly sad or unhealthy — a worker too afraid of the boss, a child who has learned that arguing is dangerous, a dog that rolls over. Second, it describes the outward behaviour, not necessarily the inner feeling: you can act submissively while quietly disagreeing the whole time, and novels use the word exactly that way. It is a formal, written word — you will meet it in stories, psychology writing, and articles about animals or power, far more than in daily conversation. In writing about animals it is neutral and technical: a wolf behaves submissively toward the leader. There is also a specific use in talk about relationships and sex where *submissive* names a role someone chooses on purpose; the adverb can carry that colour too, so context matters.

順從地、卑躬屈膝地（帶點「太聽話、不敢反抗」的負面味道；中性的「聽話」用 obediently 較貼切）