humanly
/ˈhjuːmənli/
humanly adverb: in a human manner.
Adverb
humanly (comparative more humanly, superlative most humanly)
- In a human manner.
- Lastly, by all means keep the body warm, and remember that the more careful you are of yourself, even at the risk of being thought "old wifish," you will, humanly speaking, be enabled to enjoy the sport to a greater age than you might otherwise do.1882, William Senior, AKA Black Palmer, Scotch Loch-Fishing
Adjective
humanly (comparative more humanly, superlative most humanly)
- Of or pertaining to humans; human.
- Certainly its movements do not appear to be regulated by any of those laws by which it has been generally supposed that the humanly bodies are governed—but like all new impossible and unaccountable things, we suppose it will be very soon be explained upon very plain natural principles.1849 February 2, The Charleston Mercury, volume XXXVIII, number 7,823, Charleston, S.C., page [2], column 4
- But it was with radiant humanly smiles, in unison with joy bells, that their sister Muriel received them.1861, [Caroline Mary Smith], chapter XXII, in Magdalen Havering: Being Chapters in the History of a Family, volumes III (part II, Maud and Muriel), London: Hurst and Blackett, […], page 287
humanly meaning in Malayalam and Kannada
humanly in Malayalam
- മാനുഷപ്രകാരം, അനുകമ്പയോടെ, ദയയോടെ
humanly in Kannada
- ಮಾನವ ಸಹಜ ಭಾವಗಳಿಂದ, ಮನುಷ್ಯನ ದೃಷ್ಟಿಯಿಂದ, ಮಾನವ ದೃಷ್ಟಿಕೋನದಿಂದ, ಮಾನವನಂತೆ, ಮನುಷ್ಯನ ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ, ಮಾನವೀಯತೆಯಿಂದ
Examples of humanly in a sentence
- In the present book Vura-Sereto plays a principal rôle as the Source of Life depicted as a very beautiful woman but devoid of humanly emotions.1966, Credo Vusa’mazulu Mutwa, Africa Is My Witness, Blue Crane Books:
- Tear the mountain that surrounds the unforgiving heart out of our humanly bodies / And replace it with the hand of God holding our heart / We must forgive.2004, John Martin Tollin, “Confession”, in What Is a Nice Jewish Boy Like You Doing in a Place Like This?, RoseDog Books, →ISBN, page 14:
- “Ouch!” exclaims Adam, expressing humanly emotion for the first time.2007, Ronald Pursel, Fear . . . What Is It Good For?, Xulon Press, →ISBN, page 27:
- However, when we examine the biological behavior of our humanly bodies, we experience a point within the cycle of each day where the body must take rest.2011, Lincoln E. Barnett, “Love Ethics: Will You Love?”, in Lee Huckleberry, editor, Waking to the Holy: Sermons from the 2011 National...
Antonyms of humanly
Forms of humanly
| Adverb | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more humanly |
| superlative | most humanly |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more humanly |
| superlative | most humanly |
Origin of humanly
From human (adjective) + -ly (adverbial suffix). Piecewise doublet of humanely (in Middle English as humanly, when human and humane had not yet become different words).
From human (noun) + -ly (adjectival suffix). Used once in Middle English, as humaynly, modelled on Middle Dutch and meaning “characteristic of human nature”.
Words formed from humanly
Questions about humanly
- What does humanly mean?
- Humanly means in a human manner.
- What is humanly in Malayalam?
- Humanly in Malayalam is മാനുഷപ്രകാരം, അനുകമ്പയോടെ, ദയയോടെ. See Humanly meaning in Malayalam.
- How do you use humanly in a sentence?
- In the present book Vura-Sereto plays a principal rôle as the Source of Life depicted as a very beautiful woman but devoid of humanly emotions.
- What part of speech is humanly?
- Humanly can be an adverb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce humanly?
- Humanly is pronounced /ˈhjuːmənli/.
Words near humanly in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: humanly (page history and authors); humanly (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); humanly (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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