humbly

H4U1M3B3L1Y4
/ˈhʌmbli/

adverb

In a humble manner.

“I humbly accept this award.”

Less commonScrabble 16

Meanings

adverbhumbly (comparative more humbly, superlative most humbly)

comparative more humbly · superlative most humbly

  1. In a humble manner.

    I humbly accept this award.

    3 more examples

    Hee hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doeth the Lord require of thee, but to do iustly, and to loue mercy, and to walke humbly with thy God?

    1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Micah 6:8

    At the end of a week, she could bear the suspense no longer, and so went humbly to her old home and sought forgiveness.

    1850, T. S. Arthur, “Happy on a Little”, in Sketches of Life and Character, Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley, →OCLC, page 89

    The greatest difficulty is to do great things humbly.

    1958, Vincent McNabb, “Principles of the Spiritual Life”, in Stars of Comfort[:] Retreat Conferences, Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, →OCLC, page 111

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbin a humble manner

Similar

adverbin a miserly manner

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishhumbely
  2. Englishhumbly

From Middle English humbely, humbliche. By surface analysis, humble + -ly. Displaced Old English ēaþmōdlīċe.

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Translations

Catalan humilment
  • humilmentin a humble manner
Dutch nederig
  • nederigin a humble manner
Esperanto humile
  • humilein a humble manner
Finnish nöyrästi
  • nöyrästiin a humble manner
French humblement
  • humblementin a humble manner
German demütig
  • demütigin a humble manner
Hindi सविनय
  • सविनय (savinay)in a humble manner
Italian umilmente, senza pretese
  • umilmentein a humble manner
  • senza pretesein a humble manner
Polish pokornie, skromnie
  • pokorniein a humble manner
  • skromniein a humble manner
Portuguese humildemente
  • humildementein a humble manner
Romanian cu umilință
  • cu umilințăin a humble manner
Russian скро́мно, поко́рно
  • скро́мно (skrómno)in a humble manner
  • поко́рно (pokórno)in a humble manner
Spanish humildemente
  • humildementein a humble manner
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APA

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Chicago

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