humblesome

adj

humblesome

adj

Etymology From humble + -some.

1

Rare Characterised or marked by humbleness.

  • Often the difference is attributable to the presence of pride or the absence of humility. So, you're having a conversation and you are trying to be humblesome.2012, Norman H. Drummond, True Humility:
  • I wanted them to be educated, kind, polite, and humblesome.2016, These Are Our Lives:
1 more example
  • Now, though, the man's eyes were facing toward the ground and his cheeks were filled with firereds and humblesome pinks and his sex was outsprung from his trousers and held hardened within his hand.2022, Moriel Rothman-Zecher, Before All the World:

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