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Definition of "humanly" []

  • In a human way. (adverb)
  • Within the scope of human means, capabilities, or powers: not humanly possible. (adverb)
  • According to human experience or knowledge: Humanly speaking, the recession was not severe. (adverb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "humanly" in a sentence
  • "As a consequence people get burned out, if not self destructive, the turnover is high, and we fail to develop the structures and support that enable people to pursue a long term humanly worthwhile experience in the Perth left."
  • "Jim Dyckman and Charity Coe Cheever: the problem that Kedzie was going to seem to solve -- as one solves any problem humanly, which is by substituting one or more new problems in place of the old."
  • ""I don't know why it shouldn't make me -- humanly, which is what we're speaking of -- as right as it makes you.""