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Definition of Humanely
1. Adverb. In a humane manner. "Let's treat the prisoners of war humanely"
Definition of Humanely
1. Adverb. in a humane way ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Humanely
1. humane [adv] - See also: humane
Lexicographical Neighbors of Humanely
Literary usage of Humanely
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Quarterly Review by John Gibson Lockhart, George Walter Prothero, William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Baron Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, Sir William Smith (1902)
"how humanely and patiently spoke that other, showing he was indeed Neapolitan
born and reared under a kinder sky.' If the Church had taught Bruno language, ..."
2. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"The Indians presently finding Mr. Johnson had taken this famous leader, proposed
sacrificing him to the manes of Major Garden, but Mr. Johnson humanely ..."
3. The Parliamentary Debates by Thomas Curson Hansard, Great Britain Parliament (1824)
"The judges had not met it, but had determined most humanely, that the magistrates
might starve the prisoners to death, if they did not consent to work at ..."
4. Daniel Defoe: How to Know Him by William Peterfield Trent (1916)
"Jack, 'As Overseer On a Plantation, Tries to Treat His Slaves humanely™ "I was
elevated to the highest degree in my thoughts at this advancement,23 and it ..."
5. Indian Wars of New England by Herbert Milton Sylvester (1910)
"food; and at York, two aged women and five children—in return for some generosity
of Colonel Church, who had humanely spared the lives of as many squaws ..."
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