Synonyms for humbly
humb·ly

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1. humbly, meeklyadverb

   in a humble manner

   "he humbly lowered his head"

   Synonyms:
   meekly, meanly

2. meanly, humblyadverb

   in a miserly manner

   "they lived meanly and without ostentation"

   Synonyms:
   meanly, meekly, nastily, scurvily, basely

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1. List of paraphrases for "humbly":

   modestly, meekly

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How to use humbly in a sentence?

1. Death Metal frontman Jesse Hughes:

   I humbly beg forgiveness from the people of France, the staff and security of the Bataclan, my fans, family, friends and anyone else hurt or offended by the absurd accusations I made in my Fox Business Channel interview, the shame is 100% mine. I've been dealing with nonstop nightmares and struggling through therapy to make sense of this tragedy and insanity. I haven't been myself since November 13. I realize there's no excuse for my words, but for what it's worth: I am sincerely sorry for having hurt, disrespected or accused anyone.

2. Federico Fellni:

   I claim the right to contradict myself. I don't want to deprive myself of the right to talk nonsense, and I ask humbly to be allowed to be wrong sometimes.

3. George Bernard Shaw:

   The longer I live the more I see that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains I have so humbly taken to verify my notions have only wasted my time.

4. Hakubun Shimomura:

   We must accept the results humbly, the voters have handed down an extremely severe verdict.

5. Pope Francis:

   I have heard in my heart these stories of suffering of those youth that were sexually abused, and it continues to be on my mind, those who have survived this abuse have become true heralds of mercy. Humbly we owe each of them our gratitude for their great value, as they have had to suffer terrible abuse, sexual abuse of minors.