teachably

The one implies the other, but both precepts are very weighty. with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you -- See on [1430] Mt and unto you that hear -- that is, thankfully, teachably, profitably. shall more be given.

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

The prophet humbly and teachably seeks instruction from God, and therefore seeks not in vain.

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

It was pleasant also to tell him some things he did not know -- he listened so kindly, so teachably; unformalized by scruples lest so to bend his bright handsome head, to gather a woman's rather obscure and stammering explanation, should imperil the dignity of his manhood.

Villette Charlotte Bront�� 1835

The child who teachably and undoubtingly listens to the instructions of his elders is likely to improve rapidly.

The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829

It was pleasant also to tell him some things he did not know — he listened so kindly, so teachably; unformalized by scruples lest so to bend his bright handsome head, to gather a woman’s rather obscure and stammering explanation, should imperil the dignity of his manhood.

Villette 2003

And for this very reason, while it is neither pious nor thankful to explain away the words which convey it, while it is a duty to use them, not less a duty is it to use them humbly, diffidently, and teachably, with the thought of God before us, and of our own nothingness. "

Occasional Papers Selected from the Guardian, the Times, and the Saturday Review, 1846-1890 1852