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humble-heartedness

humble-heartedness noun: humility; meekness.

Noun

humble-heartedness (uncountable)

  1. Humility; meekness.
    • Whereupon, willing to use that occasion, he kneeled down, and, with humble-heartedness and hearty earnestness printed in his graces.1983, Sir Philip Sidney, Robert Kimbrough, Sir Philip Sidney: Selected Prose and Poetry, →ISBN, page 384
    • The thought still stays with me of the humble-heartedness in the innermost, that I seemed to see in that skilled artificer of song.1983, Norman Page, Tennyson: interviews and recollections, →ISBN, page 65

Forms of humble-heartedness

alternative formhumbleheartedness

Origin of humble-heartedness

From humble-hearted + -ness.

Questions about humble-heartedness

What does humble-heartedness mean?
Humble-heartedness means humility; meekness.
What part of speech is humble-heartedness?
Humble-heartedness is a noun.

Words near humble-heartedness in the dictionary

  1. humble plant
  2. humble plants
  3. humble-bee
  4. humble-bees
  5. humble-hearted
  6. humble-heartedness
  7. humble-pie
  8. humblebee
  9. humblebees
  10. humblebird
  11. humblebirds

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