adv
Meaning 1
In a humble manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I humbly accept this award.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
humbly
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈhʌmbli/
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CMU ARPABET: HH AH1 M B L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adverb
Meaning 2
in a humble manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he humbly lowered his head
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: meekly
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
in a miserly manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- they lived meanly and without ostentation
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: meanly
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English humbely, humbliche, equivalent to humble + -ly. Displaced Old English ēaþmōdlīċe.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: humilment — in a humble manner
- Dutch: nederig — in a humble manner
- Esperanto: humile — in a humble manner
- Finnish: nöyrästi — in a humble manner
- French: humblement — in a humble manner
- Galician: humildemente — in a humble manner
- German: demütig — in a humble manner
- Hindi: सविनय (savinay) — in a humble manner
- Italian: umilmente — in a humble manner
- Italian: senza pretese — in a humble manner
- Khiamniungan Naga: tēulōuhkò — in a humble manner
- Old English: ēaþmōdlīċe — in a humble manner
- Polish: pokornie — in a humble manner
- Polish: skromnie — in a humble manner
- Portuguese: humildemente — in a humble manner
- Romanian: cu umilință — in a humble manner
- Russian: скро́мно (skrómno) — in a humble manner
- Russian: поко́рно (pokórno) — in a humble manner
- Spanish: humildemente — in a humble manner
Real reading context