humanly

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Scrabble points
15
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17
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈhjuːmənli/

Definition of humanly

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. In a human manner.
    “Lastly, by all means keep the body warm, and remember that the more careful you are of yourself, even at the risk of being thought "old wifish," you will, humanly speaking, be enabled to enjoy the sport to a greater age than you might otherwise do.”
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adv

  1. In a human manner.
    “Lastly, by all means keep the body warm, and remember that the more careful you are of yourself, even at the risk of being thought "old wifish," you will, humanly speaking, be enabled to enjoy the sport to a greater age than you might otherwise do.”

adj

  1. (nonstandard, possibly)Of or pertaining to humans; human.
    “Certainly its movements do not appear to be regulated by any of those laws by which it has been generally supposed that the humanly bodies are governed—but like all new impossible and unaccountable things, we suppose it will be very soon be explained upon very plain natural principles.”
    “But it was with radiant humanly smiles, in unison with joy bells, that their sister Muriel received them.”
    “Then what a humanly smile sweeps across the rigid papal mask as the good soul calls up the vision of the masquerading Caponsacchi, stripped of all his conventional priestly clothing and leaping at the first call into the arena to fight for God!”
    “In the present book Vura-Sereto plays a principal rôle as the Source of Life depicted as a very beautiful woman but devoid of humanly emotions.”
    “[…] / We have to accept the heavenly dealt / Cause of death can be a humane / But the time of death is only by divine / Birth makes life very dynamic / But death keeps everything on earth economic / Death is not an opportunistic / Rather it creates newcomer an opportunity / Dying is the way for shedding the dead / To renew the new humanly blood / One should not worry for the death / Since we don’t have any choice on earth / Deal the death without a fear / By a humble humanly prayer.”

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Etymology

From human (adjective) + -ly (adverbial suffix). Piecewise doublet of humanely (in Middle English as humanly, when human and humane had not yet become different words).

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