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Definition of humbly in English: humblyadverb ˈhʌmbliˈhəmbli 1In a way that shows or suggests a modest or low estimate of one's importance; meekly. the servant bowed humbly before his master may I humbly suggest a solution? Example sentencesExamples - I humbly request that you all will keep helping me as I try to make good choices.
- I come to humbly beseech your assistance.
- He was moved to humbly entreat her hand for the next dance.
- She will humbly thank them for their concern, but she will make the decision on her own terms and in her own time.
- He could have admitted an error, apologised humbly and gone back with a grain of respect left.
- He very humbly bowed before them, and with his folded hands.
- "We humbly acknowledge we were wrong about the timing," he wrote.
- If you really want to save the planet, I might humbly suggest carpooling instead.
- I still have to humbly respect the effort and the passion of the audiences.
- My cousin humbly begs your pardon for his absence.
2In a lowly position or condition; unpretentiously. she is living humbly in a shared house Example sentencesExamples - As a young man, humbly dressed and without a flashy car, I am just the sort that police stop and harass.
- I humbly served my apprenticeship.
- We have worked humbly and tirelessly to bring civility in political discourse to the next level.
- The software tycoon urges rich people to live humbly and aid the poor.
- The facility began humbly with a small room and two pieces of equipment, and has evolved into a spacious laboratory packed with equipment.
- When a humbly born young Edwardian woman is thrown over by the evil Lord Coining, she thinks she will starve to death.
- He's always very humbly dressed and the shoes he was wearing were not in very good shape.
- Initially employed humbly on a coasting vessel, he rose in rank: third mate, second mate, master.
- He carries himself as a quiet, pious man who lives humbly.
- When Bruce first encounters him, he is humbly mopping a warehouse floor.
Definition of humbly in US English: humblyadverbˈhəmbliˈhəmblē 1In a way that shows or suggests a modest or low estimate of one's importance; meekly. the servant bowed humbly before his master may I humbly suggest a solution? Example sentencesExamples - If you really want to save the planet, I might humbly suggest carpooling instead.
- I come to humbly beseech your assistance.
- He was moved to humbly entreat her hand for the next dance.
- My cousin humbly begs your pardon for his absence.
- He could have admitted an error, apologised humbly and gone back with a grain of respect left.
- I humbly request that you all will keep helping me as I try to make good choices.
- She will humbly thank them for their concern, but she will make the decision on her own terms and in her own time.
- I still have to humbly respect the effort and the passion of the audiences.
- He very humbly bowed before them, and with his folded hands.
- "We humbly acknowledge we were wrong about the timing," he wrote.
2In a lowly position or condition; unpretentiously. she is living humbly in a shared house Example sentencesExamples - When a humbly born young Edwardian woman is thrown over by the evil Lord Coining, she thinks she will starve to death.
- The facility began humbly with a small room and two pieces of equipment, and has evolved into a spacious laboratory packed with equipment.
- He carries himself as a quiet, pious man who lives humbly.
- Initially employed humbly on a coasting vessel, he rose in rank: third mate, second mate, master.
- I humbly served my apprenticeship.
- We have worked humbly and tirelessly to bring civility in political discourse to the next level.
- He's always very humbly dressed and the shoes he was wearing were not in very good shape.
- When Bruce first encounters him, he is humbly mopping a warehouse floor.
- The software tycoon urges rich people to live humbly and aid the poor.
- As a young man, humbly dressed and without a flashy car, I am just the sort that police stop and harass.
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