humble-heartedness

noun

Humility; meekness.

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Meanings

nounhumble-heartedness (uncountable)

alternative humbleheartedness

  1. uncountableHumility; meekness.

    The thought still stays with me of the humble-heartedness in the innermost, that I seemed to see in that skilled artificer of song.

    1983, Norman Page, Tennyson: interviews and recollections, →ISBN, page 65
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    Whereupon, willing to use that occasion, he kneeled down, and, with humble-heartedness and hearty earnestness printed in his graces.

    1983, Sir Philip Sidney, Robert Kimbrough, Sir Philip Sidney: Selected Prose and Poetry, →ISBN, page 384

Origin

From humble-hearted + -ness.

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APA

humble-heartedness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/humble-heartedness

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“humble-heartedness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/humble-heartedness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “humble-heartedness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/humble-heartedness.

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