Meanings
comparative more humanely · superlative most humanely
- In a humane manner.
The study was approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) of the University of Florida and the tortoise was humanely euthanized with an overdose of sodium pentobarbital performed by intracoelomatic injection [34 ].
2015 August 6, “A Genomic Approach to Unravel Host-Pathogen Interaction in Chelonians: The Example of Testudinid Herpesvirus 3”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbin a humane manner
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishhumanly
- Englishhumanely
From Middle English humanly; equivalent to humane + -ly. Piecewise doublet of humanly.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan humanament
- humanamentin a humane manner
Esperanto humane
- humanein a humane manner
Estonian inimlikult, humaanselt
- inimlikultin a humane manner
- humaanseltin a humane manner
French humainement
- humainementin a humane manner
German menschlich
- menschlichin a humane manner
Icelandic mannúðlega
- mannúðlegain a humane manner
Polish po ludzku, humanitarnie
- po ludzkuin a humane manner
- humanitarniein a humane manner
- ludzkoin a humane manner
Portuguese humanamente
- humanamentein a humane manner
Spanish humanamente
- humanamentein a humane manner
Cite this entry
humanely. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/humanely
“humanely.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/humanely. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “humanely,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/humanely.
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