humbly

CEFRC1

/ˈhʌmbli/

adverb

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I humbly accept this award.
At the end of a week, she could bear the suspense no longer, and so went humbly to her old home and sought forgiveness.
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?

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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?
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Micah 6:8
At the end of a week, she could bear the suspense no longer, and so went humbly to her old home and sought forgiveness.
1850, T. S. Arthur, “Happy on a Little”, in Sketches of Life and Character, Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley, →OCLC, page 89
The greatest difficulty is to do great things humbly.
1958, Vincent McNabb, “Principles of the Spiritual Life”, in Stars of Comfort[:] Retreat Conferences, Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, →OCLC, page 111

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From Middle English humbely, humbliche, equivalent to humble + -ly. Displaced Old English ēaþmōdlīċe.