Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

humbly

/ˈhʌmbli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.17 in modern English

Syllables: humbly
IPA: /ˈhʌmbli/

16

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a humble manner.

Example Sentences

"I humbly accept this award."
"Hee hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doeth the Lord require of thee, but to do iustly, and to loue mercy, and to walke humbly with thy God?"
"At the end of a week, she could bear the suspense no longer, and so went humbly to her old home and sought forgiveness."
"The greatest difficulty is to do great things humbly."

Etymology

From Middle English humbely, humbliche. By surface analysis, humble + -ly. Displaced Old English ēaþmōdlīċe.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: humbely

Inflected Forms

more humbly (comparative) most humbly (superlative)

Synonyms

meekly meanly

Rhymes With

chumbley bumbly crumbley

Questions

How do you pronounce humbly?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhʌmbli/.
What does humbly mean?: In a humble manner.
Where does humbly come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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