humanly meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

humanly

adv

/ˈhjuːmənli/

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).

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.1882, William Senior, AKA Black Palmer, Scotch Loch-Fishing:

Antonyms: inhumanly
Derived terms: humanly challenged, humanly possible

humanly

adj

Etymology From human (noun) + -ly (adjectival suffix). Used once in Middle English, as humaynly, modelled on Middle Dutch and meaning “characteristic of human nature”.

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.1849 February 2, The Charleston Mercury, volume XXXVIII, number 7,823, Charleston, S.C., page [2], column 4:
But it was with radiant humanly smiles, in unison with joy bells, that their sister Muriel received them.1861, [Caroline Mary Smith], chapter XXII, in Magdalen Havering: Being Chapters in the History of a Family, volumes III (part II, Maud and Muriel), London: Hurst and Blackett, […], page 287:

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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!1889, Charles Chauncy Shackford, “[Papers of the Browning Society in Boston: “The Ring and the Book” Symposium. (Concluded.)] The Pope.”, in Charlotte Porter, Helen A[rchibald] Clarke, editors, Poet-Lore: A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Shake-speare, Browning and the Comparative Study of Literature, volume I, Philadelphia, Pa.: The Poet-Lore Co., […], page 312:
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.1966, Credo Vusa’mazulu Mutwa, Africa Is My Witness, Blue Crane Books:
[…] / 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.1999, Poet, volume 40, K. Srinivas, page 50:
Tear the mountain that surrounds the unforgiving heart out of our humanly bodies / And replace it with the hand of God holding our heart / We must forgive.2004, John Martin Tollin, “Confession”, in What Is a Nice Jewish Boy Like You Doing in a Place Like This?, RoseDog Books, →ISBN, page 14: