humbly

English

Etymology

FromMiddle Englishhumbely,humbliche,equivalent tohumble+‎-ly.DisplacedOld Englishēaþmōdlīċe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈhʌmbli/

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Adverb

humbly(comparativemorehumbly,superlativemosthumbly)

1. In ahumblemanner.

   Ihumblyaccept this award.

   • 1611,The Holy Bible,[…](King James Version), London:[…]Robert Barker,[…],→OCLC,Micah6:8:

     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 walkehumblywith thy God?

   • 1850,T. S. Arthur,“Happy on a Little”, inSketches of Life and Character‎^[1],Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley,→OCLC,page89:

     At the end of a week, she could bear the suspense no longer, and so wenthumblyto her old home and sought forgiveness.

   • 1958,Vincent McNabb,“Principles of the Spiritual Life”,inStars of Comfort[:]Retreat Conferences‎^[2],Chicago:Henry Regnery Company,→OCLC,page111:

     The greatest difficulty is to do great thingshumbly.

Translations

in a humble manner

• Catalan:humilment(ca)
• Dutch:nederig(nl)
• Esperanto:humile
• Finnish:nöyrästi(fi)
• French:humblement(fr)
• Galician:humildemente(gl)
• German:demütig(de)
• Italian:umilmente(it),senza pretese
• Old English:ēaþmōdlīċe
• Polish:pokornie(pl),skromnie(pl)
• Portuguese:humildemente
• Romanian:cu umilință
• Russian:скро́мно(ru)(skrómno),поко́рно(ru)(pokórno)
• Spanish:humildemente