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Princeton's WordNet

  1. humbly, meeklyadverb

    in a humble manner

    "he humbly lowered his head"

  2. meanly, humblyadverb

    in a miserly manner

    "they lived meanly and without ostentation"

Wiktionary

  1. humblyadverb

    In a humble manner.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Humblyadverb

    Etymology: from humble.

    They were us’d to bend,
    To send their smiles before them to Achilles,
    To come humbly as they us’d to creep to holy altars. William Shakespeare.

    Here the tam’d Euphrates humbly glides,
    And there the Rhine submits her swelling tides. Dryden.

    Write him down a slave, who, humbly proud,
    With presents begs preferments from the crowd. Dryden.

    In midst of dangers, fears, and death,
    Thy goodness I’ll adore;
    And praise thee for thy mercies past,
    And humbly hope for more. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

Wikipedia

  1. Humbly

    Humility is the quality of being humble. Dictionary definitions accentuate humility as a low self-regard and sense of unworthiness. In a religious context humility can mean a recognition of self in relation to a deity (i.e. God), and subsequent submission to that deity as a member of that religion. Outside of a religious context, humility is defined as being "unselved", a liberation from consciousness of self, a form of temperance that is neither having pride (or haughtiness) nor indulging in self-deprecation.Humility is an outward expression of an appropriate inner, or self regard, and is contrasted with humiliation which is an imposition, often external, of shame upon a person. Humility may be misappropriated as ability to suffer humiliation through self-denouncements which in itself remains focused on self rather than low self-focus.Humility, in various interpretations, is widely seen as a virtue which centers on low self-preoccupation, or unwillingness to put oneself forward, so it is in many religious and philosophical traditions, it contrasts with narcissism, hubris and other forms of pride and is an idealistic and rare intrinsic construct that has an extrinsic side.

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  1. humbly

    Humbly refers to behaving or acting in a modest, lowly, respectful, unpretentious or submissive manner, without being boastful or arrogant. It often involves acknowledging one's faults or limitations.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Humblyadverb

    with humility; lowly

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of humbly in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of humbly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of humbly in a Sentence

  1. J. D. Salinger:

    The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.

  2. Anouk Aimee:

    Some pray to marry the man they love, my prayer will somewhat vary I humbly pray to heaven above that I love the man I marry.

  3. Prince Naruhito:

    I myself was born after the war, and did not experience it, but today when memories of the war are gradually fading, I think it is important to look back humbly on the past and pass on correctly the tragic experiences and Japan's historical path.

  4. Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito:

    I myself did not experience the war ... but I think that it is important today, when memories of the war are fading, to look back humbly on the past and correctly pass on the tragic experiences and history Japan pursued from the generation which experienced the war to those without direct knowledge.

  5. Thomas Huxley:

    Sit down before fact like a little child, and be prepared to give up every preconceived notion. Follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss Nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.

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