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humblenesses

humblenesses is the plural of humbleness.

Meaning of humbleness

Noun

humbleness (usually uncountable, plural humblenesses)

  1. (usually) Modesty, humility; the property of being humble.
    • That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone...1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter II, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC

Questions about humblenesses

What is humblenesses the plural of?
Humblenesses is the plural of humbleness.

Words near humblenesses in the dictionary

  1. humblehearted
  2. humbleheartedness
  3. humblehood
  4. humbleness
  5. humblenesse
  6. humblenesses
  7. humbler
  8. humblers
  9. humbles
  10. Humbleses
  11. humblesome

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