humbly
/ˈhʌmbli/
humbly adverb: in a humble manner.
Adverb
humbly (comparative more humbly, superlative most humbly)
- In a humble manner.
- I humbly accept this award.
- Hee hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doeth the Lord require of thee, but to do iustly, and to loue mercy, and to walke humbly with thy God?1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Micah 6:8
humbly meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu
humbly in Hindi
- in a humble manner
- सविनय savinay
humbly in Tamil
- பணிவாக, பணிவுடன்
humbly in Urdu
- عاجزی سے
humbly in Telugu
- వినయంగా
More languagesFewer languages
- humbly in Malayalam
- വിനീതം vinītaṁ, സപ്രശ്രയം sapraśrayaṁ, വിനയപൂർവം vinayapūṟvaṁ
- humbly in Sanskrit
- नीचैस् nīcáis
Examples of humbly in a sentence
- At the end of a week, she could bear the suspense no longer, and so went humbly to her old home and sought forgiveness.1850, T. S. Arthur, “Happy on a Little”, in Sketches of Life and Character, Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley, →OCLC, page 89:
- The greatest difficulty is to do great things humbly.1958, Vincent McNabb, “Principles of the Spiritual Life”, in Stars of Comfort[:] Retreat Conferences, Chicago: Henry Regnery Company...
Forms of humbly
| comparative | more humbly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most humbly |
Origin of humbly
From Middle English humbely, humbliche. By surface analysis, humble + -ly. Displaced Old English ēaþmōdlīċe.
Questions about humbly
- What does humbly mean?
- Humbly means in a humble manner.
- What is humbly in Hindi?
- Humbly in Hindi is सविनय (savinay). See Humbly meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use humbly in a sentence?
- At the end of a week, she could bear the suspense no longer, and so went humbly to her old home and sought forgiveness.
- What part of speech is humbly?
- Humbly is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce humbly?
- Humbly is pronounced /ˈhʌmbli/.
Words near humbly in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: humbly (page history and authors); humbly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); humbly (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); humbly (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); വിനയപൂർവം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); नीचैस् (Sanskrit) (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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