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Definition of Humbly
1. Adverb. In a humble manner. "He humbly lowered his head"
2. Adverb. In a miserly manner. "They lived meanly and without ostentation"
Definition of Humbly
1. adv. With humility; lowly.
Definition of Humbly
1. Adverb. In a humble manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Humbly
1. in a humble manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Humbly
Literary usage of Humbly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Collections by CT Historical Society (1908)
"... controverted lands have already cost one of those Towns, by a moderate
Computation, at least Eight hundred pounds: Wherefore we humbly pray that your ..."
2. The Harleian Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1810)
"humbly offered to the consideration of the King's most excellent Majesty, the
right honourable the Lords spiritual and temporal, and the honourable the ..."
3. The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Thomas, Edward Bouverie Pusey, William Benham (1909)
"CHAPTER II Of thinking humbly of oneself THERE is naturally in every man a desire
to know, but what profiteth knowledge without the fear of God? ..."
4. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England: Together with an by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1849)
"And whereas si priests, then in Newgate, were condemned to die, and bl UM majesty
had been reprieved, they humbly prayed his ma ¡••sty to be pleased that ..."
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