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humanly

humanly

38 4.2
In a way that people can do or that people usually do
  • adverb
  • /ˈhjuːmənli/
: humanamente
  • And for me, I'm trying to be as compassionate as humanly possible.
  • humanly possible
  • humanly knowable
  • humanly constructed

The first is make that first step as small as humanly possible, right?

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Examples

  • I will try to complete this project as quickly as humanly possible.

  • I wanna get out of here and away from you as fast as humanly possible.

  • The first is make that first step as small as humanly possible, right?

  • And to the degree humanly possible, give them credit.

  • Now I say to my class, how far is it humanly possible to run?

  • And we give them the best advice humanly possible that we can in our state.

  • Leave a message and I will get back to you as soon as is humanly possible.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • My people have been doing everything humanly possible to help.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • I'm going to do all I humanly can to get your girls back home again.

  • Therefore, we can and must do everything humanly possible to truly master this challenge to humankind.

How Human

humanly
38 4.2
robotically
2 6.1
inhumanly
  • NSFW
1 7.4

Surface Forms

humanly positive

Morphology

humanly = human (transparent) = human + ly

A direct adverbial formation from the adjective 'human' using the productive suffix '-ly'; meaning is predictable from the base.

Etymology

Humanly comes from human ('person') plus the ending -ly ('in this way'). So humanly means 'in a way typical of people', which is why 'humanly possible' means 'possible for people' and 'do everything humanly possible' means 'do all a person can do'.