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humanly

English

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Etymology

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From human +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhjuːmənli/
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Adverb

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humanly (comparative more humanly, superlative most humanly)

  1. In a human manner.

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Adjective

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humanly (comparative more humanly, superlative most humanly)

  1. (possibly nonstandard) Of or pertaining to humans; human.
    • 1849 February 2, The Charleston Mercury, volume XXXVIII, number 7,823, Charleston, S.C., page [2], column 4:
      Certainly its movements do not appear to be regulated by any of those laws by which it has been generally supposed that the humanly bodies are governed—but like all new impossible and unaccountable things, we suppose it will be very soon be explained upon very plain natural principles.
    • 1861, [Caroline Mary Smith], chapter XXII, in Magdalen Havering: Being Chapters in the History of a Family, volumes III (part II, Maud and Muriel), London: Hurst and Blackett, […], page 287:
      But it was with radiant humanly smiles, in unison with joy bells, that their sister Muriel received them.
    • 1889, Charles Chauncy Shackford, “[Papers of the Browning Society in Boston: “The Ring and the Book” Symposium. (Concluded.)] The Pope.”, in Charlotte Porter, Helen A[rchibald] Clarke, editors, Poet-Lore: A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Shake-speare, Browning and the Comparative Study of Literature, volume I, Philadelphia, Pa.: The Poet-Lore Co., […], page 312:
      Then what a humanly smile sweeps across the rigid papal mask as the good soul calls up the vision of the masquerading Caponsacchi, stripped of all his conventional priestly clothing and leaping at the first call into the arena to fight for God!
    • 1966, Credo Vusa’mazulu Mutwa, Africa Is My Witness, Blue Crane Books:
      In the present book Vura-Sereto plays a principal rôle as the Source of Life depicted as a very beautiful woman but devoid of humanly emotions.
    • 1999, Poet, volume 40, K. Srinivas, page 50:
      […] / We have to accept the heavenly dealt / Cause of death can be a humane / But the time of death is only by divine / Birth makes life very dynamic / But death keeps everything on earth economic / Death is not an opportunistic / Rather it creates newcomer an opportunity / Dying is the way for shedding the dead / To renew the new humanly blood / One should not worry for the death / Since we don’t have any choice on earth / Deal the death without a fear / By a humble humanly prayer.
    • 2004, John Martin Tollin, “Confession”, in What Is a Nice Jewish Boy Like You Doing in a Place Like This?, RoseDog Books, →ISBN, page 14:
      Tear the mountain that surrounds the unforgiving heart out of our humanly bodies / And replace it with the hand of God holding our heart / We must forgive.
    • 2007, Ronald Pursel, Fear . . . What Is It Good For?, Xulon Press, →ISBN, page 27:
      “Ouch!” exclaims Adam, expressing humanly emotion for the first time.
    • 2011, Lee King, Bill Christian Private Investigator in: The Yadkin River Werewolf Case, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, Inc., →ISBN, page 319:
      During the day you will be human, but when night falls your vampire powers will return fore God has commanded it be done so shall it be written in the book of life and do good deeds with your powers of Noctu and your reward will be great in Heaven when your humanly body dies,” said Arc Angel Gabriel […]
    • 2011, Lincoln E. Barnett, “Love Ethics: Will You Love?”, in Lee Huckleberry, editor, Waking to the Holy: Sermons from the 2011 National Festival of Young Preachers, Chalice Press, →ISBN, section “Incompletely Complete”, pages 291–292:
      However, when we examine the biological behavior of our humanly bodies, we experience a point within the cycle of each day where the body must take rest.
    • 2014, J. Risk, The Huntress (The Alterealm Series; 1), FRP, →ISBN:
      “Where my brother sustains life on your spirit from within, I keep my heart strong on all those humanly emotions you have inside you.” I knew he was trying to intimidate me with his size and nearness and it was pissing me off. “Really? Do you sense what emotions are coursing through my humanly body right now?”
    • 2015, Paul Frewen, Ruth Lanius, “Consciousness of the Body: Depersonalization and Derealization—When the World is Strange, and the Body is Estranged”, in Healing the Traumatized Self: Consciousness, Neuroscience, Treatment, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN:
      Ready examples include those that broaden the concept of self via an affiliation with a social collective (e.g., family, nationality) as well as the notion central to many religions that we are fundamentally a spiritual essence, and that our consciousness will survive the death of our humanly bodies.
    • 2015 February 12, Abby Mahan, “Thornfield Southern Baptist”, in Douglas County Herald, one hundred and twenty-ninth year, number 21, Ava, Mo., page A-six, column 1:
      Although we can never be perfect while we are in our humanly bodies, we must strive to be Christ-like.
    • 2019, adrienne maree brown, “FUCK CANCER: A Conversation with Alana Devich Cyril”, in Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good‎[2], AK Press, →ISBN:
      Alana [Devich Cyril]. I think we are on earth, in these humanly bodies, to experience pleasure—among other things.
    • 2022, Stacey Habluetzel, The Stacey Habluetzel Show, Lulu.com, →ISBN:
      Our humanly body is going to stay here. Our spirit continues on and we are going to be joined in the body with Christ the way we were supposed to be all long.

References

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  1. ^ “humanly, adj.”, in OED Online  ⁠‎[1], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000, archived from the original on 2023-09-13.

Middle English

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Etymology

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From humayne +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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humanly

  1. (hapax) humanely (used ironically)
    • a. 1500, Richard Leighton Greene, editor, The Early English Carols, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, published 1935, page 272:
      Yt ıs sene dayly both ın borows and townys / Wheras the copuls han mad obȷurgacyon, / The gowd wyff ful humanly to hyr spowse gaue gownys, / Wych [th]yng ıs orygınal of so gret presumpcyon / That often tymys the good man ıs fal ın a consumpcyon, / Wherfor, as I seyd, suffer not to mych / Lest the most mayster weryth no brych.
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Descendants

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  • English: humanely; see also humanly

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