Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a humble manner; with modest submissiveness; with humility.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb With humility; lowly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
humble manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a humble manner
- adverb in a miserly manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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That's not to say you should be all important and stuffy, just wear the title humbly and impart your information in a straight forward, easy to read manner.
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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The learned prefatory dis - course of Dean Hickes * gives him a title humbly to beg your Lordship's acceptance of the whole p» - fbrmance +• The catalogue of the MSS. which llr.
Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century: Comprizing Biographical Memoirs of William Bowyer ... 1812
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As a blogger, you are “real,” genuine, and comfortable in humbly sharing yourself with your readers … in service of us all riding this journey of life together.
How to be Transparent without Being too Personal | Write to Done 2010
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For myself and other young leaders who have become involved with Lausanne I can say that we are seeking to learn humbly from the previous generations.
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He saw one of the monks grin at the word humbly, and realized it might have been a small error: they all knew that whatever other qualities he had he was not humble.
The Pillars of the Earth FOLLETT, Ken 1989
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I have other reasons which I will not detail now, as the post goes out so early: I will only beg you not to treat me with so much ceremony, nor ever use the word humbly to me, who am in no ways entitled to such respect.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 Horace Walpole 1757
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He advanced towards the light, and finding that it proceeded from the cottage of a hermit, he called humbly at the door, and obtained admission.
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We're saved for some good purpose, sir, and it's only fit we should say a word humbly to our blessed Father in heaven. "
A Dream of the North Sea James Runciman 1871
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Hence, we must proceed carefully, ready to reverse course, willing to experiment; in short, humbly.
THE MORAL DIMENSION Amitai Etzioni 1988
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Hence, we must proceed carefully, ready to reverse course, willing to experiment; in short, humbly.
THE MORAL DIMENSION Amitai Etzioni 1988
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