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# humbly

«humbly» in Mova's school dictionary: **in a modest way, not thinking you are better or more…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (humbly)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Humbly means in a modest way, not thinking you are better or more important than others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humbly/#m1)

2) Humbly means in a very polite, respectful way, especially when asking for something or saying sorry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humbly/#m2)

3) (church) In prayers and hymns, people come to God humbly, with humble hearts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humbly/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, servants and polite characters speak humbly to kings; in RE and church life, people pray humbly, as in «we humbly pray». In ethics, winners who thank others humbly are admired. Phrases: «humbly ask», «humbly apologise», «humbly beg your pardon», «live humbly».

### examples

- The winner humbly thanked her team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humbly/#x1)
- «I humbly ask for your forgiveness,» said the knight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humbly/#x2)
- We humbly pray for those who are ill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humbly/#x3)
- He lived humbly in a small cottage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humbly/#x4)
- The servant bowed humbly before the queen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humbly/#x5)
- She humbly admitted she had made a mistake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humbly/#x6)

### note

From «humble» + «-ly» (the e drops: humble → humbly). Noun «humility». Being humble is not saying you are useless; it means knowing your worth without boasting.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «humbly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humbly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.