Meanings
comparative more humbly · superlative most humbly
- 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 6:8At 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 89The 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
adverbin a miserly manner
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishhumbely
- Englishhumbly
From Middle English humbely, humbliche. By surface analysis, humble + -ly. Displaced Old English ēaþmōdlīċe.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →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
Cite this entry
humbly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/humbly
“humbly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/humbly. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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