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humanly
/ˈhjuːmənli/
adverb
What it means
- In a human manner.
Lastly, by all means keep the body warm, and remember that the more careful you are of yourself, even at the risk of being thought "old wifish," you will, humanly speaking, be enabled to enjoy the sport to a greater age than you might otherwise do.
1882, William Senior, AKA Black Palmer, Scotch Loch-Fishing
In a sentence
Lastly, by all means keep the body warm, and remember that the more careful you are of yourself, even at the risk of being thought "old wifish," you will, humanly speaking, be enabled to enjoy the sport to a greater age than you might otherwise do.
1882, William Senior, AKA Black Palmer, Scotch Loch-Fishing
Where it comes from
From human (adjective) + -ly (adverbial suffix). Piecewise doublet of humanely (in Middle English as humanly, when human and humane had not yet become different words).
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