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Meaning of HUMBLY

Pronunciation:  h'umblee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adv]  in a humble manner; "he humbly lowered his head"
  2. [adv]  in a miserly manner; "they lived meanly and without ostentation"
 
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 Synonyms: meanly, meekly
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Hum"bly\, adv.
With humility; lowly. --Pope.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: abjectly, apologetically, contritely, meekly, modestly, on all fours, on bended knee, penitentially, penitently, quietly, repentantly, sheepishly, submissively, unassumingly, unobtrusively, unostentatiously, unpresumptuously, unpretendingly, unpretentiously, with bated breath, with due deference, without ceremony
 

 

 

 

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