Meanings
- Used to introduce or qualify a statement, as expressing one's own view, not one backed by external authority or to be accepted without question
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So what is it that makes SBB (Swiss national railways) tick? In my humble opinion, two things. Firstly, a comprehensive and set-in-stone integrated timetable (incorporating trains, ferries, cable cars and buses, including the world-famous yellow 'post-autos'), compiled four years in advance and which gets tested twice before it becomes operational.
2025 October 15, Vitali Vitaliev, “The recipe for Swiss bliss”, in RAIL, number 1046, page 68Synonyms: IMHO, in my opinion, in my view, by my lights, in my honest opinion
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseUsed to introduce or qualify a statement, as expressing one's own view, not one backed by external authority or to be accepted without question
Translations
Czech dle mého skromného názoru
- dle mého skromného názoruused to introduce or qualify a statement
Danish efter min beskedne mening
- efter min beskedne meningused to introduce or qualify a statement
French à mon humble avis, à mon humble opinion
- à mon humble avisused to introduce or qualify a statement
- à mon humble opinionused to introduce or qualify a statement
German meiner bescheidenen Meinung nach
- meiner bescheidenen Meinung nachused to introduce or qualify a statement
Hungarian szerény véleményem szerint
- szerény véleményem szerintused to introduce or qualify a statement
Italian a mio modesto parere
- a mio modesto parereused to introduce or qualify a statement
Polish moim skromnym zdaniem
- moim skromnym zdaniemused to introduce or qualify a statement
Russian по моему́ скро́мному разуме́нию
- по моему́ скро́мному разуме́нию (po mojemú skrómnomu razuméniju)used to introduce or qualify a statement
Spanish en mi humilde opinión
- en mi humilde opiniónused to introduce or qualify a statement
Cite this entry
in my humble opinion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20my%20humble%20opinion
“in my humble opinion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20my%20humble%20opinion. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in my humble opinion,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20my%20humble%20opinion.
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