Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a humble manner; with modest submissiveness; with humility.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb With humility; lowly.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In a humble manner.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb in a humble manner
  • adverb in a miserly manner

Etymologies

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humble +‎ -ly

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