humbly

English

Etymology

From Middle English humbely, humbliche, equivalent to humble +‎ -ly. Displaced Old English ēaþmōdlīċe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhʌmbli/

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Adverb

humbly (comparative more humbly, superlative most humbly)

1. In a humble manner.

   I humbly accept this award.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Micah 6:8:

     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 walke humbly with thy God?

   • 1850, T. S. Arthur, “Happy on a Little”, in Sketches of Life and Character‎^[1], Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley, →OCLC, page 89:

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

   • 1958, Vincent McNabb, “Principles of the Spiritual Life”, in Stars of Comfort[:] Retreat Conferences‎^[2], Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, →OCLC, page 111:

     The greatest difficulty is to do great things humbly.

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